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SEPTEMBER 1946 MAGAZINE 9

CFA :ANSHIRE reA· INS OF QUALITY luti Creams, Blues, and ) ••a.ionally

d male show type k ittert. shire's Sangredo. Dam: Sandra Maroon. 'f tortoiseshell. Sire: Ch. Courageous. Dam: 0 URCa"· Gold. mngton. Peony and Peach :Iy cream . Sire: ff of Sae .. Bold. Dam: :nia. a: blue·cream from lead·

o Good mother of large oat. Sire: Plumfleld's Son POOR River Gardenia.

~w type red male . lire's Sangredo. Dam: [I BURMESE 's Athena. information write FIRST OF TWO PARTS NE B. WITTLAKE BLAKE AVENUE 'BUS 2. OHIO By

KITTENS D; COPPER EYES DONALD A. CAME Copper Eyes, 10 Mos. MARY CEE ;HTH STREET Among the rarest of all the cats to r, CALIFORNIA olat au lUll. the hybnds of cafe au lalt also present In the Burmese to about _, found In the United States is th. and the Siamese white. The POints be­ the same extent However. the writer's ::urmese . Even in their native coun­ gin to darken Within a few days after studies involving some seventy Burmese ':y of Burma, pure breeding specimens birth and the coat steadily acquires pig­ and Burmese h~brid cats have failed to 'ERSIAN KITTENS i this exotic little creature are ex­ ment so that at a few months it shows disclose any tendency to crossed eyes in - Quality Breeding remely limited in number First im­ a rich chocolate brown This darkening the Burmese. even though in some of - CREAMS _'Grted into this country less than twen, process continues steadily and appre­ the hybrid crosses a Siamese strain " years ago, there are probably less than ciabLy until the cat has reached ItS mao showing that trait was used L'S CATTERY -""0 dozen adult specimens that will turity. after which it slows up, continu­ Satisfactory photographs of the true 'AL BOEGER ~~eed true, the remainder being found ing however, for a matter of years breeding Burmese are rather difficult to RY, MISSOURI :: the condition in which it is often The striped tabby markings of the obtain due to the fact that the high 'lund in Bucma, hybrid with its first common ancestor, suppressed In the (ContInued on Page 18) .vusin the Siamese. The few Burmes~ more albinistic Siamese. are often fa IIlt­ VISTA CATTERY o...:Iat have been imported into the United Iy visible as horizontal markings on th~ ,C.A. ­ C.F.A. ~lates were such hybrids and selective legs of the hybrid Burmese. and still BURMESE of "the farm" reeding was necessary to produce the more so on the legs of the true breeding PERSIANS -"re breeding strain. Burmese However. the general appear STiNCTION In its lrue state the Burmese cat IS ance is still that of a self-colored cat. 'TY LEE BINNS striking animal with its short, close and the darker the coat color developed ng silky coat of a dark sable color by the particular cat. the less apparent , Bremerton, Wash. ~ading to a slightly lighter brown on are those markings in ordinary light. ;:e chest and under body The charac­ although they still may show even in ints are rarely distinguishable. (In cat varies from greyish green to a golden -~ hybrid state the general coat color yellow, with the eye color apparently a midway between that of the Bur­ factor quite independent of the coat ican Bloodlines -cse and the Siamese, resulting in color. (Original show standards for CH. FAITH and CH, CHANGO ~T ~arly recognizable foot points.) At Burmese cats described the eyes as A/so ABYSSINIANS ~[h the Burmese is without points and "golden turquoise to yellow" without SIAMESE-MANX deficient in pigmentation. However, defining what ~as meant by "golden SPECTACULAR BLOODLINES opportunity for comparison is af­ turquoise.") ~~ded, Burmese, Burmese hybrid with The tendency to a kink In the tail "the farm" NOVER, PENNA. roese, and Siamese can be readily dis­ attributed by the earlier writers to all 1934 ALINE STREET -'1guished at birth each from the other, cats of the Malayan countries, and New Orleans I 5, Louisiana -" Burmese being a pale color of choc­which is still found in the Siamese, is 18 SEPTEMBER 1946 CATS MAGA.

AMERICAN CAT ASSOCIATION C.F. Original Incorporation of Cat Clubs in America CAT-ON DR. W. A. YOUNG. President MRS. THOMAS B. ROBSON. Vice-President Chicago. Ill. Chicago. lll. Coralmere's exquisite creanl MRS. STAi" LEY GIBSON'. Sec v-Treas on Cats Magazi ]:307 Ritchie COLlrt. Chicago. III. er. is owned by Price Road. Hu Composed of the following Clubs and Societies pleted her cha She was born J, Creams are a American Solid Color Cat Club Honolul u Cat Fanciers Club Mid,West Cat Fanciers Pelton. who he Miss Audrey .Johnson, Sec'y :\elson L. Dyson, Rep. Mrs. R. H. Hecht, Sec'y Col. Hgts. Station, Box 13 1285 So. Beretania Street x635 Delano Drive. Normandy 21, Mo. In blacks, winn iVIinneapolis, Minn. Honolulu. Hawaii in shows in th Hoosier State Cat Club Minneapolis Club Beresford Cat Club of America Mrs. GertrucJe E. Hamaker. Sec'y Mrs. A. O. Wagoner, Sec'y E.1Sl. She has in Mrs. Herbert Kindt. Sec'y 8101 E. Washington St. RI. No.6, Minneapolis, Minn. dation queen w 429 Surf Street, Chicago, TIL IncFanapolis, Ind. Rose City Cat Club famous Plumfi, Indianapolis Cat Club Mrs. May Meig'han Pershing, Sec'y Bort'er Cat Patrol 5242 N.R Multnomah St.. Portland. Ore. Plumfield's Par Mrs. Margaret Bryant, Sec'y Miss Mabel Mather, Sec'y the sire of her d l229 Ohio St., El Paso, Texas 1504 Broadway, Indianapolis 2. Inc1. Seattle Cat Club Jacksonville Florida Cat Club Mrs. J. Sommerseth, Sec'y (hrown by the I British Columbia Cat Club Mrs. F. G. Armbruster, Sec'y 3021 W. 618t Street, Seattle, Wash. splendid type. Mrs. J. B. Newall, Sec'y 228 'West 11th St., Jacksonville. Fla. South Florida Cat Club \'hite Birch Cht 3087 Chester St., Vancouver, B. C. Kansas City Cat Fanciers Mrs. H. R. Lawson, Sec'y Ch. Lavender CJ Mrs. C. A. Brooks, Sec'y G815 ]\'.VV. 6th Court, Miami 38. Fla. Box 182, Merria m, Kansas DJwn began J Buckeye State Cat Club Valley Short, Hair Cat Society Mrs. Roy G. Miller, Sec'y Lake Erie Cat Club . 'inning Best Ju 4840 No. High St., ColumbUS, Ohio Mrs. Dot K. Frohne. Sec'y Mrs. F. S. Bancllow, Sec'y 2]2 A"illa St., EI Cerrito, Calif. n November 19 12203 Euclid Avenue. Clevelan,l, Ohio 'ew York the J Canadian National Cat Club Vancouver Pel'sian Society Mrs. Leslie Long, Spc'y Los Angeles All-Breed Cat Club Mrs. Mary D. Starl" Sec'y Mrs. J. E. lI'1orison, Sec'y red Best Kitte, 21 Triller Ave., Tor01fto, CanacJa 3326 E. First St., Los Angeles 33, Calif. 3808 West 29th Ave.. Vancouver, B. C. 'ere her only al Heart of America Cat Society Michigan Cat Club, Inc. Wisconsin Feline Society, Inc. Ion th a t seaso n Mrs. Jess Adair, Sec'y H. B. Zieses, Sec'y Mrs. Helen Kaye Mackiewicz, Sec'y In her first ti~ 181 Ceciarhurst, Detroit, Mich. 3364 S0. Chase Ave.. Milwaukee, Wis. Rt. No.4, Kansas City, Kansas 'aukee in Octo Register your Cat and have an Official Record of its Pedigree in the A merican Cat A ssociation Stud Books '- pposite Sex No •• d Best Cream. If you al'e a love" of cats, whether as an owner of a or as a breeder and eXhibitor', JOIN one of the ACA Cat Clubs in your city and receive the benefits that the Association can offer you. If no cat club exists in your city, _ 'cess at Empir' - _t and winners WHY NOT ORGANIZE ONE? Cream - Best C FOR INFORMATION REGARDING REGISTRATION, ADDRESSES OF CLUB SECRE, "7..ative. Ch. Da} TARIES, METHOD OF ORGANIZING NEW CLUBS AND OTHER ESSENTIAL DATA, Coralmere's C . ed her champi' Write MRS. STANLEY GIBSON, Sec'y-Treas., 1307 RITCHIE COURT, CHICAGO, ILL. ~d Besl Cream i ~ -., in February n is eager to be " her double che _..: On. FARMERS: Cont. from Page II The chief value of English sparrows picture gives some indication of the rOWs every evening and the cats clean appears to reside in their ready accept­ muscular development of the Burmese. them up before morning." ance as food by cats who have never As to general disposition, th is most The Government is and always has been able to catch one. beautiful cat is most clean in its habits. CAT RIN been extremely callous. not to say illog­ is easily trainable and is most affection­ Joseph S. K ical. in its anitude toward the cat, and ate. Fond of the company of other ani­ ....a. has found we are not surprised to discover its care­ BURMESE: Cont. from Page 9 mals and of human beings, its favorite (at of unkno' ful record of one cat gone wild, one­ sheen of their silky coat reflects back position when not playing with other - I got the habit tenth of whose food consisted of Eng­ light at certain angles. giving lighter is in the lap or by the side of its -=~: lid at all hou lish sparrows. It states, ,. Among mam­ appearance ,n spots than is actually had master or its friends. However. one -en he wanted mals. the housecat, either feral or do­ in fact This is well shown in the pic­ should not judge from the excessive :: 3 special door mesticated, is probably the most fre­ ture of the group of three cats; the one marks of affection afforded by these lit­ .urns home aft quent destroyer of English sparrows." at the right appears to have light shoul­ tle animals that they are lacking in other - 'e. the foxy f (Italics ours.) der and light haunches whereas in fact respects. On the contrary. the Burmesz - Own doorbell Those of us who live in places in­ the coat color is of the same uniform is an intelligent and fearless fighter and -e doorbell is habited by flocks of English sparrows dark color showing in the center of the hunter. In common with the Siamese -, mailbox. know that their principal enemies are body. it will tackle strange large dogs who blue jays and sparrow hawks. "'Vie are On the subject of photograph ing venture to trespass on the premises it well aware that a cat cannot catch one cats, it might be noted that all of the has come to know as its own. and that in the presence of thousands photographs accompanying this two­ (To be concluded next month) £BON MASK Siamese Kittens b of sparrows an abandoned cat will part article were taken at exposures of u. Boston. 1946 starve to death. We hear about the approximately 1/5000th of the second, Sayo of Bedale: E "wary trout." but the trout's caution is speeds which make it possible to take SHIP BY AIR .dau!Jhter of Imp. small .Indeed compared with that of the the action pictures of two cats in their h: Paanki·nu 0 recommend shipping cats by plane. ewark, 1945). English sparrow. which, as the Govern­ characteristic position of washing each M. E. THORNE S,S, ment rightly states, is as cunning as it other. and of the male cat in the process '26 ELM ST. is destructive and filthy. of taking off from his shelf This last Detroit, Mich.