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A " Typey " Kit. Mrs. Matthes' LINDALE NICOLETTE.

Our contributor, Elsie Hart, has been taking a well earned holiday. Her much discussed and eagerly awaited feature wi l l be resumed next month.

The Cover photograph shows Mrs. M. Turney's BONAVIA DANDY, who when ten weeks old, won four Firsts and two Seconds at the Kensington

Kitten Show.

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MO'RTIMER SAVES HIS FRIEND. BY A D ~ L E RUDD.

With one photograph by the Author.

was one of those bitterly ITco1d days of early spring when one would give anything to be out of England now that April's here. A day when it looked like rain, with leaden skies and a biting wind. A day in short, when any self respect- ing cat, not out ,on business bent, would thankfiilly stay indoors and curl up in the warm. I t was Sunday, and before lunch Mortimer-my little white half-Siamese who was once a stray -had been out with me for quite a long walk, and on our return we both went instinctively straight to the fire. I t was the sort of weather when one does. I had an enormous pile of letters to answer, and had decided the day wasto be devotedto these. Sunday is a nice quiet day when nothing ever happens. Or so I thought . . . .

After lunch I sorted the letters-quite half of which were Mortimer's mail. Al- though he is such a humble little cat he receives a large number of charming letters from his many friends, and I am as surprised as I am delighted that so many people find my little cat such fun.

To-day I had arranged, letters must be answered, and I had purposely refused a couple of rather tempting invitations to attend to-what is always ta me-a most delightful duty.

But after lunch, when I sat down at my writing table, instead of Mortimer curling up for a nice sleep by the fire, which would normally have been his routine on such a day, he wandered restlessly about, seeming quite unable to settle. At first I took no notice as he went in and out of the room- all my doors are without latches for Mortimer's con- venience, as he has a firm and rooted objection to closed doors !--until finally he came and put his front paws on my knee, but didn't jump up and try to sit on the typewriter or

.the pile of letters I was trying to answer, which again would have been quite normal routine ! He got down and again went out of the door, returning and again put up his paws on my knee. After he had done this several times he finally came and literally asked me to follow him. I very nearly refused- those letters !-if I had done so it would have been the first

time I had cvcr thwarted llim. I am thankful I r!idn't. I sost,, and he ran o n \!.it11 a toss of !)is head, looking back to make .;me I \\:as following. He ran down the hall and put up his paws against the front tlool-, ver!- plainly saj.ing, " Plcrrsp open the door, we ~rzus! go out. ' ' Now I knew there was no need inr him t o go out for "blrsincss purposcs " as these had been attended t o just before lunch, and all!-way 11r 1124 liis O\VII cloak rooni indoors, bu t so insistent was he that I opened the door. Out he went, and T --now clic.tinctl!- intriguerl- followed.

I must hci c esplain that hfortinicr 1ias great friend, a mo.:t charming a i l 6 lianckomr. black half-l'rl-sian ncbutrrcd =ale, namrd lIont!-. tiit. c~n!!- cat hIortin1r.r ivill allo\v in his home-wit 11 t l i t . (~scc , l~t ion of cats who arc sick 01. injurclcl. or otlierwise in trotihli.. Thcsc* he has brought in to In(, on many occasions. ! J. ciorl't pre- tend t o undtrstand or crplitin this, I merely state it as a simple fact.) R u t the halr and liearty--wit11 the si~,glc cscep- tion of >Iont!--are pushed out of thc winrIoun porthole ~71 th the Lirl~?csst possible pavl. 13ut Monty is always n.rlcornc., and often I have co~nc, lion-tc. to iind Mortirncsr and his friiml sitting happily together, no doubt exchnl~gil.ig cat-chat, ii-I t l ~ r niost d~.liglitful Iva;..

B R I D G E W A Y T I M O T H Y at 10 years o f age

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To-day, as I opened the front door and followed him down the steps, he led me into the road, where to my horror I saw Monty. He was in great distress, he had been violently sick; and was whimpering with pain. I very gently picked him up and carried him to safety, and as I did so he looked up at me most pitifully, talking all the time as if trying to tell me his troubles. I t was obvious he was very ill indeed.

Now it would be inaccurate t o say that Monty is owned by two devoted humans, for it is Monty who does the owning ! His "mother" had become gravely ill a few days previously and her husband was, I knew, to-day away visiting her in hospital. So I took Monty home with me and called in a

- cat-loving neighbour. I got her to hold him while I examined him. I t was as I thought, the same trouble he had had before-but infinitely worse-the trouble to whlch long haired cats are subject (some more than others), stop- page of the bowel action caused by the gradual clogging of the long hair under the tail, which, if allowed to go unattended, can cause this serious trouble and be verydangerous indeed. I cut away a lot of clogged hair and cleaned him as well as- I could. I was then able t o

I then saw the stoppage was absolute and complete. And again he was very sick and cried with pain. I knew that veterinary aid was imperative, and that it must be got quickly.

I telephoned every veterinary in the district. Sunday after- noon, all were out, none would be available before 7 p.m. Monty was crying with distress. I then had the inspiration to telephone the Social Organiser for the London Area of the Cat Protection League-who in- cidentally does even more cat welfare work than social organ- ising !-and mercifully she was a t home. I told her my plight. What could be done ? Yes . . leave it t o her, she would try and arrange something at once. Within three minutes my tele- phone rang. A veterinary had already started t o come to me in his car and would be with me very shortly. (Oh how I again blessed the Cat Protec- tion League !)

I always keep together every- thing needed for an emergency accident. How glad I was now that I did this ! It was the work of a moment t o get every- thing ready the doctor might

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need. A kettle was put on to boil--cold fresh sterile water I always have-I then put out towels, cotton wool, surgical scissors, forceps, a bowl of weak Dettol solution, three clean

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CATTY ? WHY IT IS A COMF'LIMEKT

CATTY? WHY IT IS A COMPLIMENT

Reprinted from "The Evening Standard" issue of Wednesday, Jdy 19th, 1950, by courtesy of the publishers

EVER again, unless 1 by their attitude of ease, they N intend a compliment, shall made each bare cage look like I call a woman catty. For after a boudoir. a couple of hours spent in the There seemed to be More company of about 200 cats and Siamese cats than anything else kittens I feel as exhilarated as -those for sale marked in the a debutante coming away from catalogue at 8 gns. to 10 gns. ; a gin party. there were Abyssinians and

I, feel I have met 200-odd Persians and Tortoise-shells interesting people, for there was (ginger cats formerly to me and not a cat in the show without known officially by the whim- personality, not one feline bore. sical diminutive " Tortie ").

I went to the one-day show of There were cats that looked the Kensington kitten and like tea cosies and others that, neuter cat show at the Por- stretching out to yawn, looked chester Hall in Bayswater to like the tippets women wear meet cats from over the round their necks. cou~try who filled the panelled - - - - hall with an interesting cace There were two Manx cats, phony of mewing and Meowing two black cats for luck, and, of which was more like the noise you hear at dawn in the jungle course, a cat called Winston.

than that which obtrudes into In a of their Owns were your sleep from garden walls. a dozen utility cats-household

- - - - - pets with names like Tim and ~h~ cats-there twenty- Peter instead of the more exotic

eight different breeds-were on D~nloe Pavl~vitch or Ryecroft show in box-like wire cages, Ranchi which was the kind of austere and far removed from name the show cats answered to. the thick pile carpets or the Not all the utility cats had best chairs that cats usually ordinary names. prefer. There was a Tanquee, owned

Yet, ui;th exquisite stoicism, by a little girl from Banstead, the cats &emed not to care and a Beulah and a Japonica

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(imagine trying to call that one in on a dirty night).

There were three empty cages in the pet cat class. The owner d the cats, named Korditoo, Persephone and Guinevere, an old gentleman from North Kensington, was coshed the o the~ night and is in hospital.

The utility cats competed for prizes I thought rather tact-lessly chosen. > The winner (the one in best condition irrespective of breed or age) would receive the president's prize - a china model cat.

That was all right, but the consolation prizes were tins of dog meat.

And talking of food for cats, though they are fond of fish. it is a mistaken kindness, I was told, to give them fish all the time. I t causes skin diseases.

I had this information from Mrs. B. Rees, wife of a retired clergyman from Thundersley, Essex.

She and her husband (who, in a dog collar, was on duty at the door) breed cats. Thej-have twenty-three seai-pointed Siamese.

The females live in a large spare bedroom that has been turned into a cat-room.

The toms live the year round out of doors-cats on the whole don't mind cold, but hate wet.

BetweerL them they get through 201b. of horsemeat a week, as well as a little fish and some biscuit meal.

Cats get along fairly well together, Mr. Rees told me, though neither Siamese nor Abyssinians care much for other breeds.

From my own observation to-day, I thought I caught quite a lot of the professional show cats looking rather en-viously towards the section labelled Household Pets, whose entries would go home to-night to sit in comfortable chairs instead of breeders' enclosures.

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PUNCTUAL PEARSON. By GEOFFREY HUMPHRYS

EARSON likes his meals at P regular times. For this reason he is named after an old gentleman whom my wife once nursed, and who had a fierce habit of staring at his watch so that he could start shouting for his food when it did not appear on time. But the Pearson of this story is a black and white tom cat, a much loved member of my small family, also a most punctual one, for although he has no timepiece and cannot shout, he displays all his namesake's characteristics. He rarely eats tit-bits between meals, but if his dish is not in the corner att_he right times, he stalks round the house like an indignant old man, meowing with ever increasing intensity until his wants are satisfied.

My wife and myself are slaves to Pearson's timetable, always arranging that one of us is at home to feed him a t his accustomed times, and as my son is working up North this restricts our activities severely. One weekend, however, we had to visit some friends on Satur- day afternoon. We left rather late so that Pearson could have his lunch prompt, at one o'clock, but for his six o'clock meal we

could do nothing. I t was no use putting two plates down and hoping he would eat one at one o'clock, the other at six. We had tried that before. Pearson either ate both plates of food at one meal, or left one, and refused to touch it for the next, for he was fastidious as well as punctual. So Grace and I set out guiltily conscious that his evening meal would be late, and equipping him with an old ball of wool to play with. We promised ourselves that we would get home as soon after six as courtesy allowed.

At our friends in the country we were so engulfed by the usual exchange of drawingroom conversation, that even Grace, normally so particular about Pearson's welfare, forgot all about him. Six o'clock passed unnoticed, indeed, when we first realised the time it left us with only a few minutes in which to catch the last train. But we must have dawdled, for upon arrival at the station, the train had departed, and being no other way of getting home, we retraced our footsteps to our friends' house.

They wanted us to stay on to dinner next day, but nothing

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would induce us to let Pearson starve longer than was neces- sary. We could both imagine him rampaging round the house, hungry and cross tempered. We caught the first train in the morning, but arrived over an hour late due to a thick fog. Walking down the street, the lights of the houses made vain attempts to pierce through the yellowy fog. Suddenly, I came to a standstill. A light was burning in our house. Grace followed my gaze, and I felt her grip on my arm tighten.

" It's all right, my dear," I said, in a reassuring tone which belied my inner feelings.

" But-but the light," she st ammered.

" I must have left it on yesterday," I said, with an unconvincing smile, for she knew as well as I did that it had been broad daylight when we left home. " You call next door whilst I go in and see. It's probably nothing at all."

" No, I'm staying with you," she said worriedly.

1 felt in my pockets for my keys, but they were not there. I had lost them, somebody had picked them up and got into the house. A cold sweat broke out on my forehead as a host of ridiculous ideas flashed through my mind. " Have you got your key, dear ? " I asked casually.

Grace stared at me meaningly and produced a key from her handbag. I opened the door in a state of nervous expec-tancy. Pearson came rushing up to greet us, purring ecstatically, and from upstairs issued a loud, raucous singing voice which stopped abruptly and shouted, " Who's that ? "

John, my son. Our sighs of relief could have been heard at the other end of the street.

" Oh, so you've come home, have you ? " he greeted, rush- ing down the stairs. " Fine parents I've got, I must say."

" John ! John ! " exclaimed my wife, hugging him relieved- ly. " But how did you get in, you haven't got a key ? "

" I have to thank Pearson for that."

" Pearson ? " I exclaimed, glancing at him mystified. "But how ? "

" You explain yourselves first," he said, ~ t hmock seventy.

Whilst Grace recounted our experiences, I bent down and stroked Pearson's neck in the way he adored.

"And now for the tale of Pearson, the wonder cat," said John, with a smile. " Well, I managed to get a w e from the works early yesterday, so thought I would pop home for the weekend. After rapping at the door and buzzing the bell

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for some time, Pearson's be-whiskered and extremely sus- picious face appeared at the front room window. Realising who I was, he became more friendly, but a pane of glass still separated us. The only window open was the small one above the door, and although I tried evervthing, it was im- possible to get anything through it to open the door."

" What did I tell you," I said, turning to Grace. For the advisability of leaving this window open had long been a bone of contention between us.

" Well, you were right, Dad," said ohn. " Anyway I saw it wa/'hopeless trying to get in, so I set off down the path. At that moment Pearson pounced on top of the door window and meowed like blazes. I came back, and believe me he did everything but talk. Sensing he was up to something, I watched him jump back into the house and waited."

John stopped for breath, and smiled at our blank expressions. " Pearson next appeared with the end of a piece of wool twisted round his paw, he dangled it through the window and thinking he wanted a game, I went to pull it. He nearly scratched fny hand off. Then I saw him clawing patiently at another end of wool, working it slowly up the slippery glass surface. When he had eventu-

all!- got the two ends through to me, he looked pleadingly and meowed loudly. At first I was wary of touching the wool, but seeing he wanted me to, I took hold of both ends and felt a light weight attached to them. I pulled them, and found the wool was looped through this key ring," he concluded, taking the keys from his pocket.

" My goodness me ! " ex-claimed Grace.

" My keys," I gasped. " I must have left them in the house."

" Good job you did," laughed John. " Sow what do you think of your wonderful puss."

" I can hardly believe it," said Grace.

"Neither could I," said John. "Nor Pearson fgr that matter. He was so excited when I got into the house that I thought he'd had a fit. He pattered round the house making an unholy fuss. I stroked him, played with him, did every-thing to calm him down, but he didn't respond. Then I saw some cooked fish on the kitchen shelf, and thinking he was hungry gave him that. I t worked like a charm."

"What time did all this happen, my boy ? " I asked.-

John thought for a moment. " I t must have been about six. Yes i t was, I remember now, the clock chimed six just as I got in."

OFFICE SPI\-

OFFICE SPIV* By PAMELA M. PRICE

NE cold, wet day in earl- 0 May, a bedraggled kitten walked into an office building in the West End of London, sat down in front of the reception desk and mewed faintly. It then jumped up on the desk and signed itself "In" by d'epositing its paw marks in the appropriate column of the Visitors' Book. The recep-tionist provided it with a saucer of mdk, purloined from the tea-kitchen, and it settled itself calmly down in front of the electric radiator. Thus we were introduced to our office cat.

At first, we were all a little uncertain about what should be done with her. Though we felt it to be a pity to turn her out, we feared that she would never settle down properly in such a large building with so many people about. We made some enquiries locally, but failed to trace her original owners, and, anyhow, we all became so attached to her that the thought of parting with her soon became unbearable. She was given the entirely appro- priate name of " Spiv " as we felt she qualified for the description " One who gets a

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good living without actually earning it ! She has now been with us three months, and grown into a sturdy young lady with a marked prehlection for curling up in all the best chairs and protesting vehement- ly when removed.

She provides us with a good deal of entertainment, her favourite trick being to act as a relief typist in the Accounts Office, where she bangs on the keys of the typewriter with her paws-her efforts being no less legible than those of some junior clerks we have known. She has her own waj- with visitors-she meets them on the stairs and leads the way to the Boss's office, precedes the visitors into the sanctum, and sits gravely on the arm of his chair whilst the interview is conducted ; this over, she accompanies the departing visitor as far as the top of the landing.

Her food provides no prob- lems, for after some persuasion our accountant was prevailed upon to make a weekly alloca- tion from Petty Cash with which her fish and milk are bought, and our office cleaner

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Spiv " 1s a made up word for "well dressed, but doing no work."

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YOUR CATS AND By LlLlAN FRANCE

EVER a dull moment when one keeps cats! A start-

ling object, streaked with white paint, proved to be Galadima. However, on looking around, I found he had been exploring in the garage, knocked over a tin of distemper and dislodged the lid, so I was able to clean him up fairly easily.

I spent a happy afternoon with Miss Nancy Follows, where I went to see her Chinki Ming Chu's litter by Doneraile Brun Boy. Both parents are choco- late points, so thelitter should be also. Ming has five fine kittens, two males and three females, and she seems very happy and content in her new home. Miss Follows is very enthusiastic about Siamese, and I have advised her to register a prefix.

The Knoll at Duffield, near Derby, is idealfy situated, high up, with lovely views of hills and woodland with the river Derwent running through. The cats are all in lovely condition, and beautifully kept. At present there are three seal point queens, and Ming. Chinki Sioma, a daughter of Ming's by Daleswood Kotererua, has been mated to Sco-Ruston Galadima. I t will be her first litter, which

always brings rather a thrill of excitement in any cattery.

Mr. I?. W. Randell, who lives at Graig, Crosshands Road, Pontardulais, near Swansea, sent four of his kittens for me to see. They- were lovely, healthy specimens, well grown, with good points, long whip tails, and really beautiful eyes. Like their parents, they spend all day roaming around in country surroundings, are fed on young rabbits and trout, as Mr. Randell is an ardent fisherman. A really delightful litter, and a great credit to their breeder. My Chinki Gaylord was bred by Mr. Randell, and the first litter of kits I have, sired by him, are really lovely, with beautiful eye colour.

On August 12th the Notts. and Derby Cat Club arranged a garden party which was held at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. Bastow in Nottingham. Al-though the weather proved fickle, a good number of people attended, and the President of the club, Miss Kathleen Yorkg, came all the way from St. Albans to spend a few hours with us. After a delightful tea, photographs were taken in the garden, and we were then .free

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for " catty gossips," skittles, and even fortune telling. Mrs. Linda Parker told me about a litter of ten Siamese kittens which she has helped to feed by hand from birth, as the mother did not have a lot of milk. What patience !

Mrs. Blanche Warren writes to say they are now settled in their new home in the moun- tains, where they went because the high altitude would be beneficial for Mr. Warren's health. I t has a delightful name, ld~llwildj and Mrs. Warren says--" We are all moved now and nicely settled. The cats seem very happy in their new home) and should be, for it is a lovely place and the setting is beauti-ful. We had a time moving. We brought twenty- four cats and three litters of kits, and over four tons of furniture- I know you would be sad to Part with Your Abys., but hope K1oos gets as much joy out of hers as we have Out ours. MY husband is much better in the high altitude, and we are very happy and enjoying this quiet, peace- ful location. Wish the whole world was as peaceful ! "

From Mrs. M. Fazary comes the following-" I was very interested in Mr. Jude's article in the May number of C. and K. magazine, for I met a very

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curious case earlier in the year. When I was staying at a rambling old house adjoining an old Cistercian monastery in the West Country, the curator had a whole family of very assortedcats that roamed about the ruins, and I was soon told about the ' Siamese ' cat there

fact, I could go and see their black cat who was nursing a Siamese kitten at that time. Having always understood that if a Siamese cat has a barn-yard love affair the resulting kittens would always take after the father in physical characteris- tics, I was amazed, and went to see the kitten. Well, it certainly looked like a Siamese, though the exquisite texture

the fur was missing, and it seemed a coarsened variety.I thought it altogether strange, for the mother is jet black. ~h~~~are no siamese cats for mile. around, and to their knowledge, the mother cat always mates with a black tom i, the Abbey gardens. There is always a so-called - ~ in each of the litters she has. 1, it unusual-+r isn't it ?

Mrs. Collingwood, P.o. fort, S. Rhodesia, wants an unrelated air of blue mint Siamese kit'tens, so will Gyone having good stock to offer; which they are willing to export, please get in touch with her.

T is rather strange, but true, I that many novices, when buying a blue Persian kitten, seem to have trouble in getting it used to its sanitary tin. Don't forget the kitten is in a strange place, so give it time to get used to its surroundings, also do put the sanitary tin where the kitten can get to it easily, and if you find your new pet using another spot from where the tin is, just put the tin in that place and you will find he will soon get used to where he is to go.

Above all, do keep the tro?, clean, as once it has been wed, puss will not use it again.

If you find your kitten has a loose motion, or his little stomach seems upset, Dr. Bouchard's Lacte'ol tablets are a good thing to use. I think they are now 4i l l a box, and can be obta.ined from most chemists. Give one tablet dissolved in a spoonful of boiled cooled water. one can give as many as four or five tablets a day, and I do not think a cattery should be

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without them. They are also a good preventative when one is taking kittens to shows; one tablet given before and after the show is very beneficial.

I think most members of the Sotts. and Derby Cat Club who attended the Garden Party held at the residence of Mrs. Bastow on -4ugust 12th will vote it was a grand party. The weather was not all that could be desired, but Mrs. Bastow coped very nobly with the situation. Miss. Kathleen Yorke, our President, was able to be with us, and I noticed many who had .come from long distances. I think there were about fifty-four in attendance, quite a goodly number for Mrs. Bastow and her helpers to cope with indoors.

Photographs were later taken in the garden when the rain had stopped, and anyone want- ing any should apply to Mrs. Bastow for them.

On August 15th I judged the " Cat Show " at Blackpool, and what a day it turned out to be ! The rain just pelted

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down, and the show grounds were just a sea of mud. The rain was so torrential that the marquee leaked in places and covers had to be found to keep the cats and kittens dry.

There were only twenty-eight cats, but quite a few were outstanding. My " Best Cat in Show " was Miss. Bull's Deebank Sturdy, a lovely Blue male living up to his name, and looking quite'nice for this time of the year. Running him close was Mrs. Dimberline's red

tabby, Rufus, with a glorious deep red coat, good head and physique. My " Best Kitten in Show" was Mr. Brown's Siamese male kitten. He had wonderful dark seal points, long whip tail, good wedge head, and the correct shaped oriental eye. His name is Windmill Chang Sam. My " Best L.H. Kitten " was a lovely pale cream baby owned by Mrs. Sylvia Slane. The name of the kitten is not given in the catalogue.

BREEDING A N D SHOWING By CLARE PRINCE

HERE is a great deal of controversy at the present

time regarding the sending of queens to stud and consequent unsatisfactory results. I t is explained by stud-owners that payment of a stud fee is made for the services of the stud and not for any kittens resulting from this service, and that if a second service is given it is given only as a favour.

I must have been rather fortunate in my choice of a stud-owner. My stud, Areley Rondo, was three years old before he began to sire, and during the time of waiting I had to send my queens away. These three queens were proved,

having all had litters by my former stud. The first visit in the case of all three queens brought no result, and each queen was returned three times in all. After this, two queens had good litters. The other one did not " call " again that season.

Miss Marjorie Bull, the stud- owner, took great trouble each time the queens were sent, and ceitainly went to a great deal of trouble for the fees which were eventually paid to her, charging only board and lodging for the extra matings.

I have recently heard of a case where a queen (having been returned for a second

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service), was sent home to her owner with no information as to whether she had been matched or not. In spite of several letters of inquiry, the owner is still uninformed. This is most unsatisfactory, as the queen is not in kitten.

We know stud-owners are very busy at times, 'but it would certainly help, and give a novice breeder more confi-dence, if a letter was sent with the return of the queen, to say whether the queen was mated or not. W e are none of us so rich that we can afford to keep on paying three guineas to stud owners who cannot even take the trouble to reply to a letter.

The Kotts. and ~ e r b " garden party, which was held (indoors) at the house of Mr. and Mrs. Bastow, of West Bridgford, on August 12th, was a most enjoyable affair. Miss Kathleen Yorke came down from St. Albans, and fifty members and friends were present.

A few of us had a discussion on the feeding of adult cats, and it seems now that rabbit is plentiful it is becoming a very popular food.

I do consider that for good breeding results raw or under- done beef is excellent. Many people, however, are unable to get good quality pets' meat, in which case, rabbit, rock salmon and cod; liver if obtainable, cereals or stale bread, mixed in

with the food, an egg beaten up with milk, a little olive oil or butter now and again, and lots of fresh water to drink, should supply a cat with sufficient nourishment to breed healthy stock.

The butter or oil is excellent for coats.

Talking of coats, we hope to see some really pale lavender coats soon amongst the adults. During the last show season it was noted that many of our studs and queens are dark and often shady.

When I bought my stud as a kitten from Dorothy Clarke, of Stourport-on-Severn, I chose him because his dam was a daughter of Ch. Pelham Silver Girl.

I hoped that by this intro- duction of blue cream into my stock, my queens would pro- duce some nice pale lavender kittens.

This seems to have been achieved. Crowdecote Augus- tus, Areley Rondo's son, was very much admired for his pale lavender coat at the Kensington Kitten Show. He won the special for best coat in blue kittens, also two First and two Second prizes.

Areley Rondo has a beautiful pale coat of good silky texture, and when in full coat is sound from nose to tail.

His eyes are very pale, but his sire, Hendon Blue Robin,

ic nett-tl for copprr I.!-c.;, ant1 m!- ~ 1 1 1 ( ~ e n d l a \ ~ e reall!.all excellent e!;e ccdour. Certainl!-.411gustus has beautif111 copper eyes a t four month.; old. 50 a5 n stud it l;eems .-\rele!. Rondo will he ver!- satisfactor!-. This season. Crowdccotc Flora-Hclltt. mated to Rondo, had four kittens, thrce males, one female, Tinker-Bcll t~vo , one malc, on,, female, and Ode!-'s l'ansr!-has just had fi1.c. b!- him. Tansey is seven !,cars old.

('ro\vdccote Augustus is going t o France t o Mlle. Dulnon of Paris. 5Ile is very keen to introduce a Ia\lcnder coated stud into the Pan.; shows, and I hope she will 1la1.r some reall!- good wins with 111gustus.

The sllo\v srasoli will soon bc. in full swing, and I have 11ec.n specially asked t o mention tlw fact tha t last !.ear se\-ern1 kittens returned home with sprained limbs (including one of m!- own-she had a sprained hip). People stewarding for the first time will, I am sure. be careful \\.hen removing kittens from tlie pens. .I nervous kitten often clings to the blanket or the sides of the pen.

I find it a gooc1'ide;i to bring the kitten out hind first, sup- porting hind legs with one hand and tumm!- with the other.

GIPPESW Y K MAY MISS Clarke's lovely Blue P c r s ~ ~ n theIS daughter of Areley Sweer Symphony and

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LETTERS AND PICTURES Taipoo Tea Estate,

P.O. Baghdogra, Terai,

West Bengal, India.

Dear Editor,

A short while ago, 1 was telling some friends, subscribers t o your Magazine, how our young Siamese cat caught several snakes. They asked me to write to you, saying that vou and the readers of your ~ a ~ a z i n ewould be interested in the story of Binkie and the snakes.

My husband brought Binkie from Assam in his car, and he drove the 700 miles most of the time with Binkie lying across his shoulder and our two Ilachs- hund dogs in the back seat. The little cat was only four months old then, and soon settled down in his new home on this Tea Garden.

One morning soon after we had all settled in our new home, my husband and myself, with our small daughter Anitra, were sitting down to breakfast, when in rushed Binkie with a two-foot snake in his jaws. He hid with it under an arm chair, and we had great difficulty in getting him out. No one liked to get too near in case the snake

was alive and dangerous. Even- tually we got the snake away, it was dead, bitten through the back of the neck, but was not a very dangerous type.

We finished our breakfast, and had hardly left the dining room, when the servants ex-citedly reported to us that Binkie had brought in another snake. This time he had hidden with it behind a dresser, and to our horror we saw that the snake was still alive, and Binkie was having a grand time playing with. it. He was gently patting it with his paws, let it go a little waj7, and then sprang on it and playfully patted it again. The snake was terrified, and tried to climb the wall. We ourselves lived through some awful moments then, n o t knowing what type of snake Binkie was so inno- cently playing with. Eventu-ally Binkie was dragged out by his tail, and my husband killed the snake with a stick. I t was three feet long, and although able to give a nasty bite, was not dangerous. We found, through playing with this snake, Binkie's eyes were watering for a short while. After this Binkie caught three more snakes of the same type during the same day. He caught two outside

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THE EDITOR

of the bungalow and killed them by biting the backs of their necks, and then in the evening I found under a chair in little Anitra's room a snake bitten in two. Binkie had obviously tried to sample his " kill " and had disliked the taste, as part of it was chewed. This was Binkie's record. FIVEsnakes in ONE day. Not bad for a little four months old kitten. During the next few days after this, he caught and killed foul more snakes, but these he did not bring into the bungalow. We believe that the presence of so manv snakes near the bungalow was caused through the start of the Monsoon, as when their homes fill with water, they come out searching for a dry spot. We do not mind Binkie catching these harmless snakes, but are really scared he may catch a dangerous type one day and not be quick enough in biting the back of its neck.

Binkie likes variety in his hunting. He will catch rats, birds, butterflies, moths, flying beetles, and the little lizards that run around on our bunga- low walls. Twice we have rescued large chameleons from him, and once my husband was just in time to save Rinkie from

a black scorpion that he was stalking. He had just sprung on this repulsive, deadly insect, when my husband caught him up by the scruff of his neck. For a whole day Binkie's eyes watered, and he could hardly keep them open, so we came to the conclusion he had just missed a sting.

This little cat is now nearly nine months old, and quite the nicest cat we have ever had. He in his turn is fond of us too, and we are sure that i t is not just " Cupboard Love " as most cat haters say. I t is true I inspect his food, but I do not give it to him, a servant does that, but Binkie treats this servant with the same indif-ference as he does all other servants here, and comes exclusively to us for petting and affection. He will lie placidly in the arms of my little daughter, who dresses him in her doll's clothes for the occasion, or he will lie back luxuriously in her doll's pram while she pushes him around the compound.

He really enjoys all this fun.

There is a beautiful friend- ship between Binkie and our younger Dachshund dog, Bimbo. They are devoted to

LETTERS i ~ a c l ~ I~our--otl1r1-, ant1 .;prml playing togc~thc.r. \.isitors t o -tlrr 1)ungalow art' sonit~timrs so~iw\vhat surprisr.d t o iudtl(,n-I!, see a littlt, runt itntl rnilk colourecl object strc.aking nfttlr a little black sausagl. dog. Tl1r.y take it in turn.; to cllasr eacll othcr, and then roll o\.cr together, n-restling and biting playfull!-. The!. never bitr to hurt each other, only somt,-times doc,s Bimbo yclp wtlrrl Binkie has caught the flap of his ear in his sharp little t ee t l~ . but we have never secn t11t:nl cross with each otller.

Binkic and Hans. tl~c. oltlt~. Dachsl~und,must Ilavc come t ~ ) a private undcrstandirlg I)(,-twecn themselvc,s months ago. because Binkic riel-cr attvmpts to play wit11 Hans, and old Hans seems to just toleratt. Binkie in his own 5uptrior fashion.

At night Binkie sleep5 at the foot of my husband's bed. not settled and happy unltw he can toucll m?. husband's foot with liis paw, or rcst a wear!.. furry little chin on his anklt.. This spot is chosen b!. Binkic a s the coolest spot in the

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Here i s Binkie

\Io.st ?i;trn:.-e.. I I ) t . l i t ~ x - t . . act likt. (lo;..;. ;~rld Hiltkic. is no t,sccsption. \\II('II wr t;lktl 0117. tn-o I )achshunds for an evenin;: ivalk through t he tca gardrn. Rinkir will come also. Somc-timrs Ile flits from b~lsli to bus11 following, and a t otllcr times hr will keep t o 11rd as well as any traincd dog. He will walk with us for a long distance., and on returning to thcx b~~~i j i a low, \rill flop down wit11 the clogs and pant exactly likt. thvm. \\'o can never di>cidr \vIlethcr tllis is delibr.ratt8 " cop?--cattisl~ncl~s" or a genuirit. p:lnt.

S~arl!. rvsr!. nlornirlg n~!. Ilrlsbantl \rill 11t. forcrd to qt>t sonwont, to Ilold I3inkic. a.: otl~erwist~hc, insists on folloni~l$

betlroom, as it is directly I I I ~ ~ P I -him to thc tea factor!.. \\-l~rsn

the ~lcc t r ic ceiling-fan that i i ml- h~lsbarltl rcturn.; to tilt:

Icft on all night to enablc 11.: ti1

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THE EDITOR

\ v l ~ oruns to meet hiin with tht: rltrgr;, and nral-1)- trips his master up at times bysmoothi~g himself in ancl around his ankles.

\i;e never realised that a Siamese cat had such character, and we have quitc- made up our minds that we will always keep a cat of this breed. \?re are certainly proud of Binkie with his " bag " of nine snakes (nine that we know of, he has probably caught more that we knew nothing of), at the tender age of four months.

Yoms trul3-, (Mrs ) Emd \\'illiams.

Binkie again

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A Gentleman of the Road

12. \-ictoria Road. Teddington,

Middx.

Dcar Editor, I am enclosing a print which

you may find suitable for your magazine. This old cat usually pays us a social visit round about mealtimes, and it stoutly resists all our efforts to brush its coat. The poor old thing has obviously seen better days, but now I think it prefers to be just a gentleman of the road.

Yours faithfully,

M. G. Webb.

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II:';,'.:; t.':. ' I ! . ; , I!- three cats, two Chin-cllillas, and one quarter-C,hin- chilla and half-Smoke, the other quarter unknown, arc doing fine. \\-ithout their Siamese friend they are very quict, it seems they need a little rascal to make them play and makc them naughty. At present all three are so good it is uncannj.. ;it present the three of them are sitting in front of me on the table, purring and making dough !

With kind regards, Yours faithfully,

(Mrs.) -4. >,I.Backer Ovcrbeck.

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TO THE EDITOR

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Curly Benhveld Winstonia

Curly, Grey and Winstonia are

Mrs. Backer-Overbeck's pets

Incidentally they are North-

c/o 301 Iiillarney Court, ern Rhodesian cats. Killarney, Sincerely yours,

Johannesburg, S. -1frica. Janette Lipschild.

Dear Editor. I look forward to seeing other

cat lover's pets in your maga- zine and feel sure someone would like to see mine.

Florrie now and again pre- sents us with a beautiful son or daughter. She's definitely a lady and vcry vain. The Man in Grey, commonly known as Grey, is one of her sons and is uncommonly beautiful with a white front.

I hope thev'll do for publi- cation. Miss Lipschild's Grey

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m=- -w- "pl' 51);ic~for t11c.s~pllotos. I slloultlrn ---1)t. tllrill(~tf t o see tllrnl pul)-li.;lrt.ct. I think tllc closr-up i-. ratl1t.r gooct. J'l(%nscin ;in!. cnsc, I - ~ ~ ~ L I I - I Iththm \vIl~.n ! - ~ I I 1ia1.r. ctonc ivitli th4.m. ;I.; the!- art. c~nln~-fic~rn~~rlti. 11ot;tntI 1 \vt~:~ltl c;lr.,. to lo.

TO THE EDITOR

Snowdrop and Snowflake again

26, Sunningdale Road,

Hessle,

E. I-orks. Dear Editor,

I have a problenl which I think may prove of interest to other cat fanciers, and I would be very interested if vou or \-our experts could explain it.

Seven weeks ago I had a blue L.H. queen, Just Jess of Oders- felt, mated, and she has never ceased her season. She is definitely in kitten, and the vet. told me that. this state of affairs is not uncommon among horses and cows, although he had never come across it in cats, before.

I wonder if an!- of >our readers have had a similar experience. I mentioned it to the stud owner, and she say3 she has never had a queen behave in this way. I am wondering if all will be well at the birth.

Yours sincerelj.,

(Mrs.) Kathleen Brough.

Snowdrop

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Letters and Pictures to the Editor is t o sit in thc sink lapping7 wildlj- a t the dripping t ap

; and snorting wit11 disgust when thc matcr c,ludcs her or " goes

' down the ~i-rongway ". (Hcr language. I shoultl add, is unpl-intablt. cbn t l~csc occasions) Her aqua-enthusiasm neai-I!-brought licr ;L .;tick!. endt c l

7 .-- --~ * thc da!. s h ~ol-c,r-rcaclied her-

Iic~adlong into ---'.-A- ,....,....-..,.-----.. ---

-.--.-...-... self and fc.11 .--.., a

full bath of 11or 1vatc.r ! On? could i i ~ i t c for ever on

Sheila Allchin's Siamese K i t Chloe the, charactcri5tic5 \r.llich en-dear c,ur fr1inr.s t o 11s- ns far a s

" Haytor ", t'hloc is concc.rncd I thinkParkland .il-en~~c.,

" t o know her is t o love her " Ypminstcr, provided that one is preparctl

Esscs. to overlook the incidents of Dear Editor, l~prooted cacti; chewed fern

I enclose some snaps of m!. fronds; clawed furniture; torn Siamese queen Chloe, taken wallpaper; smashed vases ad,when she was 1 0 weeks old. lit,. ctc,, etc., onlyI can

Nevcr having had a Siamese say that after seven monthsin the famil!. before, her of unpardonable beha\,ionr, idiosyncrasies came as rather ,he rules us with paw of iron a shock t o all of us, and we in a brown ,,elvet glove, soon learned t o respect them Yours sincerely, . . . or else! Sheila 31. Allchin.

Woe t o the nylons, hanging just out of reach on the towel rail; woe, too, t o the unsuspect- Office Spiv-cc~ntinu-d irom

pageing visitor who sheds a tight 1 1 shoe under cover of the table varies thcs diet with scraps from (Chloe has unerring eye and home. One of the reasons whh- aim, and bare or stockinged we decided t o keep her in tllc feet hold a fatal fascination first place was t o catch nlice in for her.) the basement-apart from onc

Water has her guessing, and minute specimen, I regret to one of ller favourite pastimes say she has captllred none, and

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our packer, who inhabits the PRIORY BLUE AND CREAM subterranean regions of our PERSIANS block, says that " She just Noted for type, lovely pale coats. isn't interested, anyway." gorgeous eye colour. and stamina.

-Quite recently, I saw a notice Breeder of the International Champion

in a local window : " Found.

Black Kitten, refuses to give PRIORY BLUE WISH -name, but appears to be well-

At stud :trained. Would like to keep GEM OF PENSFORD her, but she is making our own

Noted Prizewinner and sire o f cat's life a misery. Owner Prizewinnersplease apply . . . " Well, our Spiv has sometimes caused Beautiful kittens usually for sale chaos in our filing room, but, Satisfaction guaranteed taking all things into considera- Mrs. L. DAVIES, tion, I am sure we would not The Old Curiosity Cafe like to lose her-she is really Chalfont St. Peter part of the staff, and staff are Bucks. so hard to get nowadays ! Phone : Gerrards Cross 3563

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" X T ~ R D . ~ ~ They all thought for a while, afternoons are 'always so dull, ' then Roily leapt to his feet

Lionel, as he stretched him- with such a whoop of joy, that self in the sun. Edward awoke from the siesta

and cried, ' My paws and 'It's nice t o be dull for a ! \70u'll give me a

change ', murmured Edward, lleart attack'. dropping off to sleep.

' But the kittens around here Gndaunted Rolly continued,

don't want to snooze like us', ' Let's get up a cricket team for

protested Lionel, remembering the kittens, and they can have

his own youth, ' -4nd there's matches every Saturday after-

nothing for them to do ! ' noon with other teams, and we can call them ' The Feline Eleven ! '

The others applauded the idea heartily.

' Rolly, you can bowl some maidens over !' cried Babykins who had heard the expression.

Oh . . . Oh and can I bowl over a few maidens too like the beautiful Persian next door ? ' enquired Plumpey eagerly.

1 THE FEI.TXE ELEVES

bat, and called something like ' .I keeper of the goal ', what-ever that rnight he.

Plumpey fancied himbclf greatly in his white flannels, and was determined to bowl over as many maidens as poss- ible !

In a white coat, Lionel stood as umpire, not quite sure what he was to do, but taking great delight in blowing his whistle every now and again.

When the following Sat-urday arrived they had a terrific time choosing the team, for all the kittens wanted to join, but in the end they man- aged, and soon under Rolly's coaching, they were a hunch of first-class cricketers, 'and now, every Saturday afternoon, they meet other teams and have ver>- enjoyable matches.

' Don't be silly, it's a cricket term, like 1.b.w. and ' An Over ', said Lionel, who knew next to nothing about cricket, but had also learned a few phrases.

So they went around the neighbourhood calling all the kittens and telling them to assemble on the \-illage Green the follouing I;aturda!- where they would be picked for ' The Feline Eleven Cricket Team '.

During the week Edward. Lienel, Babykins, Plumpq-and Rolly got together to ' Stagger through the game ' as Babykins groaned as he was trussed up into cricket pads and glox.es and given a

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Mortimer saves His Friend-contrl. fro111page 4.

bowls, a covered saucepan kept for sterilizing instruments, soda bicarbonate, olive oil, and a good large blanket. I arranged a firm portable lamp on a firm wooden table, and with a pail for dirty dressings all was just complete when the door bell sounded.

The doctor arrived--clearly a true cat-lover, and soon, incidentally, I had a ' most valuable and useful lesson in how to roll a cat in a blanket and hold it securely for this very awkward examination. Leaving the back legs free, Monty was rolled firmly in the blanket (head and all, like a roly-poly pudding) and laid on his back, on the table. I stood behind his head, bending over him and holding both cat and blanket firmly with my elbozs, at the same time holding each of his hind legs tightly in each hand. Thus the cat was under ~erfec t control and could be aided quickly and easily.

In a very short time the granite-like obstruction was removed by those kindly and expert hands. Then the sur- rounding hair was closely cropped to prevent the same trouble recurring in a few days, and Monty was well cleaned up and released from his blanket.

His tummy was examined and found to be clear of further obstruction, and he was given a mild laxative pill. Through-out be was truly a model patient, and no trouble at all. I bedded him down comfortable in the warm, and I asked the surgeon what would have hap- pened if he had not had expert aid. " He couldn't have got rid of that obstruction himself," he said, " he would have died."

Now that Mortimer saw all was well with his friend, he became a different cat. He composed himself by the fire, curled into a tight ball, and instantly fell fast asleep!

How had Mortimer known that his friend was in such dire need of help ? Monty's moan- ing cries were only heard when one got quite close to him, they had been absolutely inaudible from my front door-far less from behind the double doors to the flat. When we had been out for our morning walk the two cats had not even met. Monty had been nowhere about. Yet as soon as lunch was over he had never ceased wandering restlessly about, trying to per- suade me to go out with him again. Somehow he undoubted- ly knew that his friend needed help, and it was Mortimer who, by his insistence, obtained it, and so saved the life of his friend.

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AT STUD

CO-RUSTON RAVISANT, fee E2/2/0 and carriage. (Blue Persian) Sire, Int. Cb.

Southway Nicholas. dam. ~cd-Rnston Kalisa. Gordon B. Allt. F.Z.S., Danehurst. Old Lane, St. Johns. - . Sussex.Crowboronnh. Tel. : Crowborouhh 407. llegistered queens only.

OLLSEY ALI BABA fee 2 gns. and cariiage. Crcurn persfan, Sire, Tweedle-

dum of Dunesk, Dam, Molesey Mischief. Gordon B. Allt, F.Z.S., Danehurst, Old Lane, St. Johns, Crowborough, Sussex. Tel. : Crowborough 407. Registered queens only.

EDWALLS JACK FROST. Prize Winner every time shown 1948, 1949

1950 Born 7th May 1948. G.C.C. Registra-tion ho. 41684. ~ t n d ~ e e E2 2s. Od. and return carriage of queen. Registered queens only accepted. Owner : Gordon B. Allt, B.Z.S., Danehurst, Old Lane, St. Johns, Crow-borough, Sussex. Tel. : Crowborough 407.

ICHOLAS MUFFET. S. P. Siamese. Magnificent out,door country bred, proved

sire. Excellent eye colour. No hetter speri- men. Pee '2 gns. Randell, "Craig, Crosshand lload, Pontardidais, Swamea.

SIAMESE SIANNA CEIARLES. leeS.P' f2/2/0 By Preslwick Poo-Too ex Sianna Priscilla. Four Firsts, Kensington,JuJy, 1948. Novice kitten cup Sandv Show Augtrst 1019. Holly Grove kitten c~lp.'watfo;d, ~ e p t . : 1948. le t Prize, S.C.C. Show, Ozt , 1948. Q ~ ~ e e n s Station. Rohert J.met a t any L o n d ~ n

IRW~S,111, Morley FIiII, Enfield. Middlesex.

Enfield 3064.

"S I N B A D " S.P. SI 4YESE. Sire, ch. Sam Slink. Grandflre, RiUingbear

Veedny. Dam. J m ~ k i n Simy. Fee f2 2s. and carriape. Onrefis collerted from statiou (Charing). Mrs. R. Tnlt, Danegate,Charing, Kent. Tel. Cl1arirp212.

IAMESE S.P. CLONLOST YO-YO. Sire D~neraile~peltho. Dam Boxburrow

Rnntu. Winner Best Exhibit in Show Siamese C.C. Show, Oct., 1949. FAe 22 '2s. Od. and carriage. His f ~ r s t Litter shown were Prize Winners a t KensingtonKitten Club, July, 1950.-Richard Warner, Little Foxes, Bayley's Bill, Sevenoaks, Kent. Tel. : Srlenoaks 4516.

AT STUD-ntd.

CHINCHILLA a t stud in Surre) Fol~l r r~ hills EXYPERION. 21 ens >Ir- ( I ,-

Polden. Market Hotel, Reigate

1949 show. Also sei~eral othcr awards

~a rve l louscoat and *lorions deep ej-e colour.

Sirin* prize-winni~g kittens of gentle dis-

positTon. Bee E2/2/0 and carriage. Kittells

usnally for sale. Mrs. W. 8.Teasdale.

Dalewood, White Lodge Crescent, Tl lorp I.

Soken, Essex.

BREEDERS' CARDS

MRS. BRICE-WEBB, 249, ChilweU Lane,

Bramcote, Notts. Tel. : Beeston 55466.

" RONADA " BLUE L.H.

BLUE PERSIASS-Mrs. Prince, 111.

Normanton Lane. LitWeo~er, Derhj.

Mrs. CAMPBELL FRASER. Little Prim-

rose Godalming Surrey Tel. Godalmlng

522.' -HENDO+ LONGHAIR STUDS.

MRS. FRANCE, White Lodge. 353, Sotting-

ham Road, Derby. Tel. Becketwell 18673.

Abyssinian. Burmese, Siamese Studs and

kittens.

DUNLOE RUSSIAN BLUE KITTENS

usually for sale. Rochford, 25, Rndall

Crescent, Hampstead, N.W.3.

Mrs. BESTLET, .55, Arm11 Road, London. \Ir.8.-British Blne and Wanx Kittens.

MISS I. STATJLiS, 1, Anson Road, Criclile- wood. Gladstone 2056. Anson Rlne Persian Uttens.

BRUTON RED TABBY .AND TORTIE L.H. h.N. Rosell 13 Celtic Are. Shortlands, Kent. ~roiific,'healthy stocli) House-trained kittens usnallr for sale. Torties a speciality.

XISS J. C. ROBERTSON, " Roverdale," Rad Lane Abinger Hammer, Surrey.~ b ~ s s i n i a n ' s t u d , AlsoCats, and .Kittens. Cross-bred Kittens, Abyssmian x Chin-chilla. Reasonable prices to good country homes.

FOR SALE MISCELLANEOUSI I

BYSSINIAN Female, born May 15th, 1 A NEW CATS' HOTEL1A 19.50, for either show or breeding. Full Board your cats where they are loved, a t particulars :- Dr. Wildebor, old^^^^ The Limes Kennels, Clay Cross, Derbys. Road, Hull. Clay Cross 3153. Reasonable term@.

CHRISTMAS FOLDERS, calendars: etc., SIAMESE KITTENS for Exhibition, from snapshots of your pets, printed to

Breeding, or Pets. Beautiful litter by yo? requirements over 50 greetings champion slades crossshahid EX. craw- available, booklet o i proofs I/-, returnable. stone Ueliuda (1st Brood Queen Notts. and k,"$g;z2, Qu8ntock Road' Derby Ch. Show. 1950). Also. voune Queen (6 months) by. champi& Mbrris- Tudor, SMART All-Elastic Harness/CoUar/Lead excellent for breeding, or very lovely Sets for a h , lo/-. Separately, 419, 21-, affectionate pet. To good homes only. Adjustable, comfortable, washable.:!$.L. approved. -,,tifa rugs,Mrs. Deane, 60, London Road, Newark, blue green pink 5/13, Blne Siamese coats, Nottd. 12/6: coder, Park ~ o o s e , Dorset Street,

Southampton.

IWANTED I Are you a Cat Lover ? IF SO. JOINLADY wants work in Siamese Cat household.

Country only. Housekeeping and some THE MIDLAND COUNTIEScooking. Help with cats. Adaphble, willing. Write, Miss Ostrehan, Wookey House, CAT CLUB Wookey Hole, Somerset.

Annual Subscription - 51-A CAT LOVER wants, from December Zlst, Entrance Fee - - 216

1950, to January 7th, 1951, a holiday I

job outside London, helping with cats and Hon. Secretaty : MRS. 0.M. LAMB kittens. Has worked with veterinary " TWYLANDS," GRANGE HILL surgeon. Expenses and small wage. Refer- HALESOWEN. Nr. BIRMINGHAM ences. Box No. AH24.

SIAMESE CATS BysSYDNEY W. FRANCE

i With a k w r d by Miss Kit Wilson, Member of the G o v ~ r n i q ~Council of the Cat Fancy

SECOND EDITION I Completely revised, many new photographs

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