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number of breeders in whom Ihar-e the utmost confidence. Unfortuately,that did not help verymuch, as opinions as to whethershe should be mated or held backrvere equally divided.Thus I had to make my owndecision. Yes, she is in kittenand she is only eight months old !Whether I have acted u,isely Ishall know later.One hears so often of queensthat rvill not breed or who, if theydo, produce a litter which theyare quite unable to rear. Thusnew methods must be tried.Failures there will be, of course,but we can only make progressin this fascinating hobby of catbreeding by realising the difficultiesand by being prepared toadventure even against the teachingof the text-books.The arvard of Best Cat and BestSiamese in Shori' rvent to MomchaoPhaun, bred by the King of Siam andou'ned by ,X{rs. Beldyshe Walton, o{Grahamstou'n. Best Opposite Sexrvas Yasmin of Brakkekloo{, a nicequeen bred and owned by NIrs. Vogts,of Fish Hoek. Grey Knight, a Mlnxorvned by the Rev. J. Forvler, M.A.,carried off the prize for Best Shorthair(not Siamese). Best Kitten wasthe Siamese John Sebastian periwinkleo{ Brakkekloof, bred by Mrs.Vogts and owned by Miss F. pocock.PROGRESS IN SOUTH AFRICAThe Fancy in South Africa ismaking steady progress a.nd newsjust received of the second MatchShow of the Western Province CatClub would seem to be yet anotherindication of the growing interest andincreasing liveliness in that part ofthe country. The Show was held inApril at one of the old historic Capehouses, Newlands House, by courteryof the owners, Judge ind Mrs.Newton-Thompson. The occasionwas graced by the presence of Mrs.MoCarthy, wife of the C.-in-C. SouthAtlantic Fleet, who is one of thepatrons of the Club.Siamese dominated the entries tothe extent of 31 out of a total of 54exhibits. The rest of the cats onshorv were mainly household pets.There were a few neutered periiansbut hardly any Shorthairs.28A South Aftican winner-Miss F.Pocock's Siamese kitten, JohnSebastian Periwinkle of Braikekioof.fn the neuter class, the winner wasArcher Blue Chang, owned by Mrs.F. H. Wood, Newlands, and bred inEngland by NIrs. Hunt. AnotherEnglish-ibred cat-Mrs. Mclennan,sAbbots Rayso Ching-was shown byMrs. \\'ood in this class and wairunner-up to her winning entry.The South African Cat Union. ofwhich N{iss F. Pocock is the energeticand enthusiastic Chairman, is bring_ing out a quarterly bulletin. AnothJritem of inleresting news is that atrophy for the best Siamese in showhas_been donated Lry trady Ermyntrudeof Kiatvre.