Mrs. Norah Andrews - Kyina & Talisker Cats Breeders of Russian ...

South Parade Pier. This Club wasfounded by Mrs. Cook-Radmore justbefore the war and held two very successfulCh. Shows. Came hostilities and evervsuitable hall was put out of action byraids and this was her first opportunityto organise a post-war fixture.The entry of over 200 exhibits u'asexcellent and I understand the gate rvasThe nnenrlng ceremonv" "..n'd ^nelvas performed by the Lord N{avor andLady Mayoress, Councillor and Mrs.F. Miles, J.P., the former making adelightful speech. Mr. Gordon Allt rvaspresented with the surprise gifi ol astuffed cat of no known variety, Ibrmaking the largest entry and causedamusement by remarking " Hon' wouldvou classify him. Mrs. Thompson ? "I particularly liked the page in thecatalogue headed " Courtesy Page " inwhich judge's names and addresses weregiven for " those wishing to sendappreciation of judges' services, freel,vgiven."A Siarnese is BestBest Exhibit uas \Irs. Duncan Hindler''sSeal Point Siamese female. SilkenYacaranda. bv Bvnes Romeo. Otherrvinners were: Best Longhair Adult.Mr. G. Allt's Cream male, Starkel'\ugget, by Malmary Tafeteace I BestLonghair Kitten and Best Kitten, Mrs.Udall's Blue Bavhorne Decima ; BestShorthair Kitten, Mrs. Udall's SealPoint Siamese, Bluecroft Ballerina ;Best Neuter, Mrs. Marshall's Blue Longhair,Ashdown Twinkletoes.My Blue male Foxburrou' Frivolouswas Best Blue adult and his half sister,Foxburrow Faery (both bred by Mr.Soderberg) lvas the Challenge Certificatewinner in Blue females. She was lookinglovely and so well presented. \4rs. Aitkenwon in Blacks with Ch. Bourneside BlackDiarnond and in Tortoiseshells Mrs. C,Tomlinson's Ch. Pekeholm Pomona wonagain. Space does not permit the mentionof other awards in detail but I mustmake reference to the very nice Cream23kittens on view at Southsea. Mrs.Herbert was awarded Best Cream Kittenwith Pineland Muffin, bv ElmwoodCavalier. It was nice to see her exhibitingagain after such a long interval and Ihope it is a prelude to her return to theFancy. It is about 25 vears since wefirst met at shows and in those days shewas noted for her pale Blues. She toldme how much she regretted that presentda1,Blues, although excelling in type andeye colour, were on the average darkerthan in pre-war days, an opinion withrvhich I concur.Another old friend was Miss Ellis witha beautifullv pale level Cream kitten,Parkrvood Pip, b1' Parkrvood Peterkin.She was known for pale Creams beforethe war and her stock should be invaluablefor assisting us to breed palerCreams. Miss Langston's Chinchillamale Laurel of Allington became aChampion. Congratulations ! Mrs.Chapman's Bridgeway Miranda was firstin Chinchilla females.When all the London-bound exhibitorsassembled, we all agreed it had beena mighty fine shor'. Thanks for happymemories Mrs. Cook-Radmore, bothsenior and junior.Breeder of BlacksMrs. Downev's (New Zealand) photoof her beautiful Black male Ch.Slapton Black Magic has been muchadmired in Our. C,ers and again heproves the advantage of breeding froma good queen. His dam, Chadhurst GreyLady, was bred by Miss Rodda, who isso famous for her Blacks in this and othercountries. Although owned by Mrs.Dyer, she was still in Miss Rodda'spossession when the kittens were born,and she tells me that when Black Magicwas only a few days o1d one could see hewas going to be 1ove1y. Miss Rodda hasbred many Iovely cats, mostly Blacks,but she has also bred the lovely TortoiseshellCh. Chadhurst Juliet and manygood Blues, Creams and Blue-Creams,