1938 Notes from Siamese Breeders

1938 Notes from Siamese Breeders

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January 1938 - Cat Gazette

Mrs. K. I. Chambers, Purr Sang Cattery, Merion, Pa., has sold two lovely registered Siamese, Bon Vouloir of Pur Sang and Mei-No of Pur Sang, to Mrs.H. E. Birch, Cynwyd, PA., who is enthusiastic about her purchases.

At a recent Philadelphia show judged by Miss E.G. Hydon, Mrs. Elizabeth Bearden's Bonzo III was awarded Best Siamese, Best Short Hair and Best Novice. Mrs. Bearden says this is the first time a Siamese has ever won over Persians for best novice.

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Stork Visits

November 22, 1937 — To Mrs. C. C. Strange's Ch. Ki-Ku-Ko of Valhalla, four kittens by owner's Ch. Mahatma M. K. Gandhi of Valhalla.
November 22, 1937 — To Mrs. C. C. Strange's Lanfine Petty Sing of Valhalla, five kittens by owner's Ch. Kwangtung of Valhalla.

December 24, 1937 — To Mrs. Karl B. Norton's Siam's Miss Independant, four kittens by Siam's Azure-Yze Pa-wang.
December 23, 1937 — To Siam's Ayuga of Watermead, seven kittens by Me Yom.
January 8, 1938 — To Miss Dorothy Mayer's Sisudah Chand, six kittens by Mrs. Virgina R. Cobbs' Dbl. Ch.. Sy-Mingo of Newton (Siamese).

February 14, 1938 — To Mrs. George Frost's Sonya of Angkor, six kittens by owner's Naga of Angkor.

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February 1938 - Cat Gazette

Mrs. C. C. Strange, Valhalla Cattery, El Paso, Texas, says that her Imp. Mlle. Lillie de Roscoff is highly insulted that she did not receive an invitation to appear in the Hall of Fame in next month's issue, even though she was Best Opposite Sex Siamese and Best Opposite Sex Short Hair at the El Paso show. That is the way, says she, you treat old ladies who keep their figure, twelve years young and as light in body color as a kitten.

Four Siamese kittens born recently in Djer-Kits Cattery are all comfortably situated in new homes, says Mrs. Martin K. Metcalf, who placed them before moving from Washington, D. C. to Drexel Hill, Pa. The female kitten stayed in Washington with Mrs. Elizabeth Huffman, while the three males went to Mrs. George Baum, Philadelphia, Pa.; Mrs. Gertrude E. Taylor, Detroit, Mich., and Mrs. S. J. Turnbull, Newport, R. I.

Like the bride who marries without changing her name, Imp. Sezu-Miau has changed his home but he remains with the Johnsons. He has been leased by Mrs. A. G. Johnson, Crickmere Cattery, Strongsville, Ohio from Mr. H. Johnson of Acton, Maine. This lovely Siamese male is by Ch. Simzo from Yao-Yin. With him from Maine came his six months old son and daughter. Mrs. Johnson is putting Sezu-Miau at stud and offering the kittens for sale.

Three beautiful Siamese males, four months old, came to Mrs. Ruth H. Fisher, Oakland, Calif., as a Christmas present. The trio are sons of Sintram Valentine of Watermead and Chez Minet Tika of Watermead and Mrs. Fisher waited for the San Francisco show to let the judge help her decide which was the best of the three.

Through Mrs. Virginia R. Cobb we hear that Mrs. Dorothy S. Ryland, San Diego, Calif., has shipped a Siamese kitten to Dr. H. Earle of Waco, Texas. He was a Christmas gift from her nephew. Mrs. Ryland wrote Mrs. Cobb, "As Doctor Earle has a cattery containing eight cats, I know she is pleased. I am writing to tell her of THE CAT GAZETTE and I hope she will enjoy it as much as I"

After winning best cat in the Siamese Specialty Show in New York City recently on Siam's Blue Jack,. Mrs. Karl B. Norton has sold this outstanding blue point to Mr. and Mrs. Olney of Rochester, N. Y. Also among Mrs. Norton's recent sales is Siam's Blue Jill, sister to Blue Jack, which was purchased by Mrs. Morton J. Loeb, New Haven, Conn. Other sales by Mrs. Norton include Siam's Ayuga of Watermead to Mrs. LeRoy Johnson of White Plains, N. Y. and two Siamese kitttens, one blue and one seal point to Mr. and Mrs. James Lee Pryor of Wilmington, Del.

ANGKOR CATTERY'S NAME GOES BACK 2,500 YEARS

    Mrs. George Frost of Evansville, Ind., selected the name of Angkor for her Siamese cattery to commemorate Angkor Thom and Angkor Vat. She explains:
    Angkor Thom was the capital city of the Khmers and Angkor Vat their most beautiful temple. These places are in French Cambodia but were Siamese until 1907. I have been unable to find proof of the legend they first kept Siamese cats in their temples and reverenced them as the temporary repository of recently departed souls.
    All that is known of them is that they came to what is now Cambodia about 500 B. C. and vanished mysteriously in the 12th century. At the time when France and England were savage countries and Germany a hinterland of barbarous hoards, the Khmers lived a life of luxury, pomp and display not exceeded at any time in any part of the world.
    Angkor Thom, the royal city that housed a million souls, and Angkor Vat, the vast and beautiful, were totally lost to view for 600 years. Since the turn of the present century research has revealed the jungle covered ruins and much of the life and history of this interesting race. The names of most of her cats are taken from the known history of Angkor. Naga is their seven-headed serpent god and Diti the mother of demons.

Pouf-Poulot de Pur Sang

It is quite interesting to hear how some cats got their names. It seems when Pouf-Poulot de Pur Sang was having his picture taken for the Hall of Fame, he moved just as Mrs. Chambers snapped the picture and was in her arms the next second with a jump that catapulted the camera, a lamp, his mistress and himself all in one heap. That is why he is called Pouf-Poulot, "Pouf" and he is gone with a jump, "Poulot" in French means darling because of his lovable disposition. De Pur Sang in French means "pure blood".

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March 1938 - The Cat Gazette

DOESN'T LIKE U. S. CAT CLUBS,
SO THIS ONE WILL BE DIFFERENT

    Mme. Guy d'Ollone, whose opinion of cat clubs in the United States was recently published in an English cat magazine, has announced the formation of the New Jersey Cat Club in Englewood, N. J., on January 16th.
    In a letter to an English cat fancier, Mme. d'O1lone declared cat clubs in this country were far inferior to those in England and was highly critical of the cat fancy in general in America as well as the methods of judging. She asserted to the English fancier that she was about to organize a club to show the people of the United States how a cat club should be conducted. The "press release" of the New Jersey Cat Club did not state whether or not this is to be Mme. d'Ollone's "model club."
    The club sets up a number of requirements which it believes it is the first club in the world to demand, and it probably is. First on the list is the rule that all cats shown must have a certificate of inoculation, although it doesn't say for what. Then humane and health authorities are to supervise the shows, perhaps the latter to examine the exhibitors.
    Kittens will be allowed to be exhibited and sold at the shows held by the new club but must not compete for prizes, thus making this the first club ever to blame blue ribbons for the spread of cat diseases.
    Then each exhibitor at shows given by the club will receive "exact and charted ratings of his or her exhibit in strict accordance with the standards used throughout the American Cat Fancy." Since there are four standards, all similar but slightly different, used by the American cat fancy, this is going to keep the judge slightly busy.
    Finally, there is going to be a junior division which is to participate in all shows, under the supervision of the club.

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March 1938

Some lovely trophies were won by the Siamese at the recent San Francisco C. F. A. show. Through its secretary, Mrs. Virginia R. Cobb, the Siamese Cat Society of America sent a beautiful rosette which was won by Mongyon, Best Siamese in the Specialty Show, owned by Mrs. Dorothy Eason. Dr. J. C. Thompson gave two beautiful imported electric clocks for Best Siamese and Best Opposite Sex, and Mrs. Martin K. Metcalf donated a handsome trophy for the Best Blue Point, which was won by Mrs. Ruth Fisher's Shangri-La.

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April 1938 - Cat Gazette

Mrs. A. G. Johnson of the Crickmere Cattery, Cleveland, Ohio writes that kittens have been coming fast and going fast recently. A Siamese male kitten having been sold to Dr. Branch of Cleveland Heights, Ohio; a blue male kitten to Miss Page also of Cleveland Heights, and another blue male going to Mr. Stephens of Gates Mills, Ohio.

Mrs. Ellwood Wilson of Knowlton, Quebec, has chosen the name of "Hillwood" for her cattery, which she has registered with the International Cat Council in Toronto, Canada. Mrs. Wilson is a breeder of Siamese and has made a number of nice sales recently. Two of her kittens have been purchased by Mr. Mitchell of Montreal and all of the kittens boast very blue eyes and straight tails.
Mrs. Wilson writes that she is getting results from her advertising in the Cat Gazette and has sold two lovely Siamese kittens by Poona Purachatr, ex Ming King to Mr.W.P.Mitchell of Montreal, who is delighted with them. Mrs. Wilson says these kittens are particularly sturdy. She believes on account of having been acclimated to the severe winter climate of Quebec.

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