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

American Personalit2MRS. NORAH ANDREWS(President of the Cat Fanciers' Federation)/\NE o[ the most charmingI I officials of the Cat Fanciers'v Federation is Mrs. NoraAndrews. She isone of those peoplethat it is a joytointerview. Modest,unpretentious and greatly given tounderstatements, she touches verylightly on her career as Presidentof the Federation yet I happen toknow she wieids within it apowerful political influence. Shehas been its senior officer for somethinglike sixteen years as well asPresident of the Brooklyn-LongIsland Club for twelve years andis now Honorary President forthe duration of the CIub. Otheroffices she holds are Vice-Presidentof the Atlantic Cat Club andBoard Delegate for the SilverJocle t\'.There have been manv changes inthe Federation rules and in fact every'two or three 1'ears something nerv isadded. For example, honoring theOcld-eyed White Persians and the ChocolatePointed Siamese as point winnersrvas probably one ofthe highJights not tomention the Russian Blues and the Burmese.By changing the by-laws to acceptthese breeds it was felt the result wouldbe a greater encouragement for breedersto try for better stock.Nora Andrews cannot remember whenshe first became attached to the felinetribe. Alrvays they have been her petsand always she has loved them, be theypure blood or alley cats. She has ownedjust about all oi'the standard breeds andhas bred and raised Siamese and Pcrsians.At this time she has only Persians,which seem to be her favorite.I tried to pin her donn as to the nameof the best cat she ever owned but shehas had quite a few and it is hard for her25to decide. Inverness Lochinvar of SunnyKnoll was one of her r.ery fine Smokes.At one time there was a lovely littlequeen went Best in Show and her kitlvas the Best in the Kitten class.One of the present top-notch males atSunny Knoll is Nani Lei King, a threeyear-oldChampion and u'ell on his n,ayto higher honors. There is also a Silverqueen quite worthy of mention namedSunny Knoll's Susan. Susy giri has madesome very nice rvins and we will hearmore of her in the shows this season.lIolever, there is one item that thebreeders do nor know about, a lacr thathas been kept out of print Ibr a rerygood reason. It concerns a Silver malethat will cross swords with the best pedigreedfelines on record when he goesbefore the judges this year and thenthere will be more honors added to SunnyKnoll's long record.Fourteen Years a JudgeJudge Andrervs is not an importer inany sense of the word. She believes inbettering the best that we already havehere in America and with that seriousintention in view has plowed a straightline to prove it.Looking at Mrs. Andrews, it is hardto believe that there is so much dynamicenergy stored up in such a small person.She has been an All-Breed judge for thelast fourteen years in all parts of Americaand Canada. In morl any city youmention, if there is a cat club associatedwith C.F.F., you can very safely sayNora Andrews has judged there.It seems to me she is a bit partial toSmokes, Silvers and Blues an