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One of the saddest items of news camein last week. Judge Crystol Small hadthe misfortune to lose by death herGrand Champion Red queen, Smallhurst'sGirl in the Sun. All who knewthis little queen loved her. She was avisitor here at Timberbrook and we cameto love her dearly. GirI passed in hersleep, quietly. She had lived a long andgood life, her children live after her. Ican see Girl even now, head tilted to oneside, paying strict attention to what yousaid and purring like a musicbox in fullagreement.Letters are still coming in regardingMiss Yorke's trip to America, Scores ofletters from Kansas City as well as here inthe east. One came in this morning thatI am forwarding to Miss Yorke ; it isthat charming.***Here is a quesrion that is quire moor.Many breeders-and I do not meanofficers of various Associations-feel thatwhen a breeder does not keep his cats ingood clean housing as well as goodhealth, said breeder should be "dropped"because he does not iive up to the idealsof the Associations. The officers of .theAssociations claim they have no jurisdictionover the private actions of anybreeder. So rnany complaints have comein to my desk that I have referred themto the high brass ofthe Crusaders. I haveaiso suggested that those who have soldany stock from a questionable sourceshould buy it back if possible. Anotherpoint is to know the buyers ofyour stock,and if necessary make a few discreetenquiries..***Cats Magazine, of Srnithfield Street,Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, prints a Chartof Gestation every spring and it is agreat boon to the novice. So many ofyounovice English breeders have wrinen meregarding this chart. I use it all the timeand have it pasted in my " Litter Book.',**It has been said by many breeders thata Persian is not a good mouse-catcher Ithat feeding them oeam will kill thatinstinct. Here at Cloud Top we have aCream queen named Sucre who has herdaily helping of cream. She is an excellentmouser, This shows that the followingverse is not true by any manner ofmeans :"Perhaps you may noi have heardThat cats are cats, however furred,And once they've had a taste of cream,Rat catching's not their lavoritedream."American Personalit2MRS. NICKI HORNERI\ I IKKI HORNER. daughrer ofI \ y. and Mrs. Homer Wiltough_' by. lrom the state of Kenrucky,is a breeder of rare persistence andpresrige. -\r the age of sixteen she wasthe owner of a White Persian given to heras a birthday present. lle was huge, soour Nikki promptly dubbecl him Tiny.Not knowing too much about catsoutsideol'giving them plenty o{'love-Nikki could not figure out why Tiny didnot stay home more. So the next thingshe did r,r'as to purchase a little Redqueen for company but not being of ageit lailed to keep the errant Tiny homeat nights. Then came the day whenTiny never returned ISnookie, the kitten, really attracted alot of attention. She was duly mated to alarge Red male named Jinks-and theWilloughby family were blessed withtheir first feline family. One day Jinkssprayed a guest and Nikki's motherpromptly expressed him off to a friend.Nikki was broken-hearted until herfather promised to build a house foranother male and it is reported he is stillbuilding houses for her various cats, bothartistic and elaborate in strucrure lNow began a search by Nikki for thebest of pedigrees. She studied. everythingshe could lay hands on, books,magazines, articles and even the historiesof rnany breeders. Of course, her lovewas Red Persians. She has sparecl32
neither eflbrt ilor linance in bettering herstrain and now has to her credit manychampions bred at her Sharvnee Cattery.Her aim has alwa.vs been to better thcbest of her Reds and depth and darknessol'color has been her constant aim. Hersuccess is written for all to see on thcshow records ; constantly I hear thc:remark " If you want a gool Recl Persian,contact Nikki Horner."Arriving at the statc of incomparablcReds has not been easy. 'I'here havebeen many experiments and cross-breeding,out-breeding and line-breeding untilthc required brilliancy of e1'e color, type,luxury of coat and clensc coloring rvereacquirecl. But Nikki possesses thatEnglish quality of " stickitivity " thatpa.vs dividends in thc long run. Shehas in her background such names asWilloughby, Yates, Lightfoot and Dobbs.Her first cat show was in Milwaukeeand after attending only the one showshc organised a club in her home town.This club held a show and Nikki, themanagerJ made it a smashing success.Moving to Pittsburgh, she was asked tomanage her second show, which was theAll-American show because of a specialjudging of All-Sectional rated cats.Besides this therc was a Solid Color(continued on page 35)Mrs. Nicki florner with one of her favourite Siarnese -aSeal Point rnale narned Shawnee Rarna Kahn.JJ
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