TOY DOG AND CAT SHOW. THE SECOND DAY.

Press, Volume LXIV, Issue 19363, 16 July 1928, Page 7

TOY DOG AND CAT SHOW.

THE SECOND DAY.

The Chrstchurch Toy Dog and Cat Club's annual show was concluded on Saturday, when the cat classes were judged. Large entries and a high standard were features of this section, some very fine cats being shown. Mrs A. Arnold's beautiful silver tabby Persian, Digger, won his seventeenth cup in being judged the best Persian male in the show. The awards were as follows:

OATS. (Judge: Mr Biggs.) Persians—Chinchilla, male(l): Mrs Wakefield 1. Female (2); Miss Boyn 1, Shaded silver, male (1): Mrs Kennedy 1; Female (3): Mrs Marshman 1, Mrs lowing 2, Miss Boyn :8. Silver tabby, male (2): Mrs A. Arnold 1, Miss Boyn 2. Female (4):. Miss Drayton 1, Mrs J. Bell 2, Mrs A. Arnold 3. Brown tabby, any age or sex (2): Mrs Johnson 1, Lois Denniff 2. Blue, male or female, eight months and under twelve (1): Miss Wilkin 1. Smoke, male (2): Miss Drayton 1, Mrs J. Bell 2. Female (2): Mrß A. Pearn 1, Mrs J. Bell 2. Black, any age-or. sex (2): Mrs T. Lewis 1. Orange, fawn, cream, or white, female (1): Mrs T. Lewis 1. Any other colour, female (2): Miss Marshman 1, Mrs J. Bell 2. Matched pair for breeding (3): Mrs A. Arnold 1, Miss Boyn 2. Largest and heaviest Persian (2): Mrs E. Donnelly 1. Neuters—Chinchilla or shaded silver (2): Mrs C. LindsayrMatthew 1. Silver and brown tabby (1): Miss Skey 1. Blue (1): Mrs A. Pearn 1. Any other colour (5): Mrs Donnelly 1, M. Skey 2, C. Bradwell 3. Kitten (1): Mrs Hobbs 1. Kittens—Light, male eight months and over four (4): Mrs Johnson 1, Mrs Arnold 2, Mrs J. Ewing 3. Female" (4): Mrs Temple 1, Mrs J. Ewing 2, Mrs Wakefield 3. Dark, male (2): R. Mortimer 1. Female (1): Mrs Russell 1. Light or dark, either sex, four months and under (4): Miss Drayton 1 and 3, Mrs J. Bell 2. Short-haired Oats—Black, any ago or sex (3): Munro 1, D. Taylor 2, Miss Higgotf 3. Any other colour (3): Mrs Loasby 1, Mrs Hobbs 2. Largest and heaviest short-haired: D. Taylor 1. Children's Class—Persian, any colour, age, or sex (4): A. Marshman 1, R. Mortimer 2. .Short-haired (2): D. Taylor 1.

SPECIAL PRIZES. Challenge cup, presented, by Mr A. Lezard, for best Persian male in the show, over eight months: Mrs A. Arnold's Digger. Challenge cup presented by Messrs J. and G. M. Wathew, for best Persian kitten, male or female, in the show, under eight months: Mrs Johnson's Tony. Wilkinson Cup, open to members of the Christchurch Poultry, Pigeon, Cat, and Canary Club and the Christchurch Toy Doj and Cat Club, for best Persian female in the show; Miss Boyn's Dolly Vardon.