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Longhair and a Brown Tabby withglorious eyes for size and colour.The last named is now owned byMme. Sigwalt and one of the Whitekittens by Mme. Gibbon.14th May. Up with the lark andofi to judge ali the Shorthair catsand kittens and some of the Longhairsat the Cat Club de paris Show,held in the Salons Jean Goujon. Thelast time I x'as in Paris I u,as actingas steward for Miss Evelyn Langstonin January, 1938. On that occasionI so greatly admired the rows ofgleaming pens-they may have beenmade in aluminium-and I was sorryto learn that the Club had lost themto the Germans during the occupationof Paris. Mme. Bridgett judged theBlue adults arid kittens, White adults,Chinchilla and Cream {emaies andseveral side classes.Altogether there were 160 exhibits,an excellent entry for the time of theyear. I had some really lovely catsin my classes and a worthy Best Ex_hibit in Show r.vas a giorious Blue-Cream excelling in head and type,Mlle. Bonnardot's Vivette de Mont_azah. I particularly admired theintermingling of the two colours onher paws, hind legs and head, face,chin and ears. These are usually thespots 'where one finds a few patchesof blue or cream. I subsequentlyfound that the challenge certificateI au.ardefl her was her third andfinal, the others being awarded byNliss Yorke last winter and Mme.Bridgett.Best Male in Show was . Mme.Remande's tovely Chinchilla, Fleuryof Allington (bred in England by MissLangston), u'ho at eleven months hasachieved the exceptional honour ofu,inning trvo challenge certificates.In M]le. Scrive's female Vioiaine Ihandled the best Russian Blue I haveseen sinc.e the lvar. lfer coat conformedto our standard for thisvariety, rvhich states: ,'Coat, short,close and lustrous and of a sealskinliketexture. " She was lithe andgraceful and her paws slender andneat. lovely green eyes and typicalhead completed the picture. Asprinkling of white hairs on chest andtummy rvere her only blemish.Another love1y Shorthair I handledwas a beautifully marked SilverTabby, Ch. Chichat Dacheux, belong-Mr. Andt6 Formont's TALISMAN OF KNOTT HALL, bredby Mr. Felix Tomlinson. (See Diary entry on page 27.)