European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 28, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse Feline Jet set purring along Theca show circuit Page 14 the stars and stripes by Kay Bartlett associated press t Here Al li.-nrli.-i". T i1s. Come with oars la fur like a velvet Lamb s co witticism Tho trouble with a Kilton is that it incomes a Ono a singapura. Almost does t. The Lilloo Ion of love As one breeder Calls it is almost a miniature cat Wilri females weighing about four pounds males six there Are two California spangled cars granted in Slang Fame although nol of cognition As a cat show Breed when Neiman Marcus listed this Litlo Leopard looking cat As the ultimate Gill Lor a Mere $1,400 there s a whole supermarket Section elaborate houses 1hal go up to $2,200. A last will and be stamens your Ca can sign a quaff inane Leys and cat wardrobes including a Little go camouflage suit which the entrepreneurs have the nerve or the Wil depending upon your Point of View to describe As the Ideal outfit for the serious mouser " thai s not to Mtnlion the Karale cat Boullit Black boiled of course. And if you of one of those to rfcs who think you be got the world s smartest cat forge to go watch Marlene a five year old Alley Cal who Ivill jump through a hoop on command sit up like a Tiger in a circus performance and then Lurn in a Circle in that position la a All part of the world of Cal shows a world Wilh its own vocabulary and an enormously interested Public since there Are an estimated 57 million cats in the United states. One expert says there Are 2,000 shows i year. Another says there is at least one show a weekend Large enough to command Over 250 entrants some exhibitors fide be circuit like a Rodeo rider presenting to their Lutle Darling is 30, 40. Or 50 limes a year As they go Lor the big titles things like supreme grand Champion Best of a ipod Best of Besl Etc. For Hose who Campaign a Cal. It s a Way of life it s also Asmoel always a Money Lomg proposition of i Belancier. I be known of people who have spool $50,000 a Yea campaigning o cat says Michael grim editor of Cal Magazine a monthly based in Daylong Beach fla., Wilh a air Culphon of 175.000 you can t sell enough Kittens to make thai the show on super bowl sunday in the Hometown of the winning team was in Many ways the epitome of cat shows sponsored by the International cat association Tica in Madison Square Garden it was enormous despite i to football game a blizzard and a strike by the Long Island Railroad. Sixteen judging rings wore in operation All three Days. More than 30.000 visitors braved the storm to show up and Over 700 cats competed. Cats were nol Only flown across the Atlantic for this one they came from All Corners of the United Stales California Florida Texas. Oregon whal you Are seeing Here Are the Jet Sels of cals proclaimed Ellio Silverman. A non Cal owner who handled the pub Sicily "this15 the olympics of cat the cat fancier s association Cha has much Betler cats in their shows was the contrasting Opimo of Linda b Jonus of Manhattan a member of the Cha you Sec not on do the cats compels so do the associations. They Arguo Over what constitutes a new Breed when and it in should be recognized whether a de clawed feline May compete and sometimes Over it precise standards of the Breed there Are a half dozen Large associations. The Cha is the Wartjes and most conservative and to Ca is probably the second la goal and puts More of an emphasis on genetics and introducing now Breeds to third largest which is actually the oldest is to american cat Asso lion ii is partly a world of Slago mothers. The kind who simply bask in the clones their baby is winning in Iho show eng Thucie Are the addicts. Cal people who Are similar to the Young couple who will compulsively Dave sin or seven hours every single a Cemond to ski. Or Ine family spends More on the Sailboat than they can Malloid i be seen Peu Plo who can Flotd it and people who can says Allena scrap. Adminis Lalive assistant of to Cha. A woman who. Incidentally is allergic to cats. I most of them i s just an expensive Hobby for others in is bordering on an obsession " Vicky mar Slom an ism scent isl when she s nol saturday feb
