European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 28, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse Singapura eels the Little lion it Lavo at cat show in new York Larry Paul judging a French Chartreaux cat. Brooding cals says Hal to her in s a Way of creating living sculpture. she adds i m competitive and i love animals she also has shown horses and dogs t i went All the Way to Holland 1 115 year Lomo 1 a. A judge from Alianza Ine re arc judges who Are Lerret tied of cals. I Don i understand Why they do it Bill Lihcit an some judges who an deathly afraid of cats they in. The ones who get bitten the cats will react if Iney led they can bile they Wib says Paul who has inf i persians him Atayan corms Rex. Siamese Humi us and abyss ii ans he has been handing out ribbons a i cat in nor l-.,r 25 years now and in real Lile Lor the past Lour lie his been handing out sentences Paul is a criminal court judge. Cats he says Are simpler. You can Tell if a cat is Good or bad right Anivay Witt people it s not so easy to says. Judges handle the breeder s Pride and Joy than a minute Paul is even quicker. He was clock my it 20 seconds on one cat,1 some judges will drag it out bul Hal s Loi show you know right away any cat who does bite a judge is automatically disqualified too much hissing and snarling costs Points a judge who is qualified As an All Breed Ndrio is paid 50 cells a cat if specialist judge gels Only 35 cents a Caj and the household cat judges earn a Quarter a cat another judge Jim Boc Knoll Ole paso Tex. Told the audience thai Only 10 percent of the judge s work in done by sight. The rest is by feel As he Reany losses Tow cat around stretching it looking Al in from Odd angles feeling the muscle Lone the Lail the balance the Bone alignment to vanes with Breed and can be rather complicated for instance a rather rare Cal the Char Treux is judged by the fallowing formula head t5 Points neck four Points oars. 0 Points eyes to Pornes. Body 20 paints Laif Lour Points legs six polls feet two Jewus Coa 14 polls color. I Points one of the things Aboul Tica is thai our program docs not list whether the entrants Are novices or champions proudly states Gloria Stevens. The of the judges with a bit of a Barb toward other organizations Hal provide such information Well and Good bul Ivhon Paul was judging 1q siamese in ring eight he volunteered that he had judged three of these cats two weeks earlier Al a Shou in Dallas i see some of them again Inco Spuit inst in two Nora weeks to says i be also Gol the grandson of a Cal who a if the hell stage presence Ive Ever seen in this Shn a i in i o judge him some cals Are just show oils the f no How to look if Wir Bosl " Well clucked Glona Stevens when you k dealing Wilh Suni one an in like Larry Paul i do run into dial " i uary 26,1987 the stars and stripes Page 15
