The sun., 1910-01-09

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on your coat"
Miss Laura Hopkins. whose White
/ Aigrette takes prize the first day, shows
the duplicate OF a cat she sold TO Miss
Mary Garden for $3.50, enormously re-
ported. she says, as 500. Miss Garden
told me after seeing my blue eyed Persian
that life would mean nothing 10 her after
that without having one just as near like
it as possible. 80 sold her one. and when
l went to her apartment with it and saw
her room asked IL she really didn't
want it to 6t into the blue and white
scheme of her bedroom. and she admitted
that it was not so much an ache OF the
heart as desire to put finishing touch
there. The cat was called Puritan. but
Miss Garden said she did not care for that,
and at the risk OF bad luck would rename
il Pelleas. Cissie LOTUS bought another
OF my cats, paying 500 for an orange
colored one"
Near the cage OF Nilful Enid. owned by
Miss Lottie Conger. some one in the ad-
vertising profession is telling the story
of p. I. Barnum, who promised once to
show ticket holders a remark able cherry
colored cat, and when visitors focked to
the place, for exhibits of cats were then
rarely made only q handsome black met
their astonished gaze, Mr.. Barnum calmly
calling attention to the apparently over
look ed fact Of botanical verify that cher
ries are just as often black as they are OF
any other color.
One OF the members insists that IL she
had the time she could tell all sorts and
kinds Of interesting episodes anent the
show. and does mention a few.
! we have entries from all over the coun-
try" she says, some as far as California
and the cats are expressed In boxes care
fully locked so that under no ocirounsts' .es
could the inmate escape. Sometimes the,
woman who sends the cat forgets TO send
the key and Yale lock expert has 10 be
sent for, and all sorts OF delays and wor-
ries are experienced before the poor animal
| is released.
| Another favorite method is to nail
the box with four or five inch spikes.
so that an axe OF mallet has to be used
to open il. and the poor cat. whose nerves
are already at the collapsing point is
nearly scared out Of it's little Wits. Often
cat goes into decline just from this
experience"
From the same authority il is learned
1
the exhibitors. corresponding with the
hated distemper OF the dog shows. and
that OF 400 cats afflicted 300 will die
The indigestion is caused by milk. it IL
asserted. There never was a worse
mistake made than feeding cats with
milk" says the expert. Lots OF them
cannot stand it. and at the show we do
not provide it at all. II woman insists
on giving it to her pets she must get it
herself and be responsible for the con-
sequences.
What a lovely Persian" says one Of
the visitors standing outside white
plush interior and gazing at an enormous
fluffy cat.
Pardon me- says the owner somewhat
acidly. -the cat is not Persian; it is an
Angora."
Il is learned when the question liz put
TO one OF the officials that SO much con-
troversy has been excited during The
twenty-one years OF tho chih's exhi-
billions in regard TO ,iic caart 'tus Of
the cats OF the two speCies no. -uad
that at present no invidiuus li~5ir. n
is made and all cats are classified - y
haired OF short haired.
The truth Of the matter IL Lha, . .
original Ancora cats. like AnRora Eoalt
were the cate who came from the nIkhe,
attitudes, tie plateaus Of Persia sad h...,
long silky hair, the Persian cats uf a..
lowlands hs virg shorter. woollyiike srir
Intermarris &c, cross breeding ana Jtre-
conditions have made 1t practically ia.
possible TO keep any hard and fast tia-
tinction in the matter and the above rnIs
prevents controversy.
Have YOU seen White Aigrette, jhs
champion p"ize winner1" asks a wcrnrr
exhibitor. and when you admit thst th-
privilege is before you she says X
meaning. NO. and you won't ei,I
not until the judges are ready TO give ,h, y
opinions"
After listening to the why's and where
fores OF a matter which seems to hsve
produced not little excitement about the
empty cage OF the cat named you sta IT
investigation on your account and uis-
cover the missing favorite on a corner Of
one OF the private offices carefully guarded
| in it's wicker basket by tha owner.
"You have 10 make the entry OF the
cat fourteen days before the show opens. y
Miss Laura Gould Hopkins admits, but
you don't have to put your cat in its cage
| uIltil III NAlc J1uBtb arc READY.
1t very often happens that when cat is
put in at once as soon as the show begins
other exhibitors are waiting to see your
cat. and IL they can tell. as you often can.
that there is no chance OF their own entry
making good they immediately with
draw it from competition. and IL you win
there is no more satisfaction than there
is in being No. in class where there
is no other pupil but yourself"
There are never any cats stolen from
the show the manager says, except
on very slow day when the newspapers
insist upon having an exciting item. hut
there are many cats left over. These
are usually traced by means OF the entry
numbers. the owners communicated with
and the cats expressed or held as desired.
Last year one oat which had escaped