The registration rules of the National Cat Club are as follow: 1. Every Cat exhibited at a show under National Cat Club Rules must (except such as are exhibited exclusively in Local Classes, or exhibited in Classes exclusively for litters of kittens), previous to the time of entry for such show, have been entered in a registry kept by the National Cat Club at their offices. A charge of is. each shall be made for registration. In such registry shall be inserted the name and breed of the cat, and its breeder's name, the date of birth, names of sire and dam, and of grand-sires and grand-dams, and if the dam was served by two or more cats their several names must be stated. If the age, pedigree, or breeder's name be not known the cat must be registered as breeder, age or pedigree " unknown, " any or all, as the case may be. If the name of a cat be changed, or an old name re-assumed, such cat must be again registered and identified before exhibition in its altered name.

2. A name which has been duly registered in accordance with Rule I cannot be again accepted for registration of a cat of the same breed, without the addition of a distinguishing number, prefix, or affix, for a period of five years, calculated from the first day of the year next after the one in which the name was last registered; but the name of a cat after publication in "Our Cats" and the Stud Book, or which has become eligible for free entry therein, cannot again be assumed.

N. B

The name of a cat that has become eligible for free entry in the Stud Booh in any year shall not be changed after the 31st of December of that year.

Cats do not receive a number on registration. Numbers are only assigned to Prize Winners or cats entered in the Stud Book on its publication, on payment of a fee of Five Shillings, in addition to One Shilling for registration.

The application for registration must be made on a form as follows:Number of Breed as per List in Margin___Colour_____

I wish to register the following-------{Sex) by the name of_____

Previously registered by the name of________________________

Signature of Owner___________________________________________

(Mr., Mrs. or Miss)

Address____________---------------------------------------------Late Owner (if any)________________________________________

Sire________________________________

Owner of Sire_____________________

G. Sire_______________

G. Dam______________

Dam________________________________

Owner of Dam_____________________

G. Sire_______________

G. Dam_______________

Date of Birth______________________________________________

Name & Address of Breeder_______________________________

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Note. - If this name cannot be registered, I select one of the following, and name them in the order named: (1) (2)----------------------(3).______________

Only one cat must be entered on one form, which must be forwarded with a remittance of one shilling to Mrs. A. Stennard Robinson, Hon. Sec., at 5, Great James Street, Bedford Row, London, W. C.

The various varieties as recognised by the Club are as follow:

Short-Haired Cats

1. Siamese.

2. Blue.

3. Manx.

4. Foreign. 5. Tabby.

6. Spotted.

7. Bicolour.

8. Tricolour.

9. Tortoiskshell.

10. Black.

11. White.

12. Sable.

13. Ticks.

14. Abyssinian.

Long-Haired Cats

15. Black.

16. White.

17. Blue.

18. Orange. 19. Cream.

20. Sable.

21. Smoke.

22. Tabby.

23. Spotted.

24. Chinchilla.

25. Tortoiseshell.

26. Bicolour.

27. Tricolour.

It will be seen that you are requested to give more than one name, and it is very desirable in the first instance to select an uncommon one, which may be considered your cat's exhibition title, but you will doubtless have some short pet name for home use. A prefix, probably the name of the town or village in which you live, can be used to specially identify your cat. For this an extra charge is made. It is well to fill in the pedigree as far as possible, and every exhibitor should strive to obtain correct particulars of date of birth and name of breeder of the cat to be exhibited. It is a pity to label your cat "unknown," if with a small amount of trouble exact details can be obtained. At any rate, it is important to state the names of the two parents. The age of kittens should be counted by months - that is, say, from the 20th to the 20th. Having registered your cat, you receive a notification of such registration, and whether you are intending to exhibit or not it is very necessary and advisable that your cat should be duly registered in at least one of the parent clubs.

A separate fee is charged for each cat or kitten in each class, and the amount must be forwarded at the same time as the entry is made. The following is a copy of the entry form used at the Cat Club's Show at Brighton in 1901, and I may mention that the fee for registration has since been raised from 6d. to Is.:-

Entries Close Monday, November 4th, 1901.

ONE FORM IS SUFFICIENT FOR ONE CAT OR KITTEN IN ANY NUMBER OF CLASSES.

Class as per Schedule.

BRIGHTON CHAMPIONSHIP SHOW OF THE CAT CLUB,

TO BE HELD AT

MEI.LISON'S HALL, WEST STREET, BRIGHTON,

On WEDNESDAY and THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 13TH and 14TH, 1901,

Under the Exhibition Rules of The Cat Club.

No.

Rule as to Registration of Names of Cats and Kittens.

Every Cat or Kitten exhibited at a Show under The Cat Club Exhibition Rules must be Registered at the Cat Club. Fee 6d.

Every Cat or Kitten which may have changed ownership since Registration MUST, before Exhibition, be Transferred to its new owner in the books of The Cat Club. Fee One Shilling.

To change the name of a Cat or Kitten, when allowable, the fee is One Shilling. See The Cat Club Exhibition Rules, Nos. 1 to 6, in the Schedule.

Also Entered in Classes numbered as per Schedule.

Nos.

CERTIFICATE OF ENTRY.

I hereby Certify that the Cat or Kitten to be exhibited by me as below is bona fide my property, and I enter it at my own risk, subject to the Exhibition Rules of The Cat Club, and the Regulations of this Exhibition as arranged by the Committee-Has this Cat been Registered at The Cat Club (see note above)----------------Has this Cat been Transferred (if purchased) to yourself as owner in the books of The Cat Club (sec note above)-----------------------------------------.

Name of Exhibitor (in full) -----------------------------------------(Title, Rev., Mr., Mrs., or Miss. (See Rule 3.)

Address---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Name of Cat or Kitten (as registered at The Cat Club)------------------------------.

(If in Stud Book, add number.)

Breed Colour

Please not to write in this space

Kindly fill in the amount enclosed for Fees, etc, as under: -

£

s.

d.

See Exhibition

Rules . 1106 of The , Cat Club in the Schedule.

Particulars must be given as registered at The Cat Club.

Date of Birth ............. Sex ..................

(Male, Female or Neuter.) Breeder-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Sire.---------------------------------------------.--------------------------------------------------------Dam---------------------- ---------------------------------------------Prizes won---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Cheque......

Post Office Order

Postal Order...

Cash ...........

Price £ : : (If for Sale.) Date -- - ----- 1901.

N.B. - No MILK will be given to any Cat or Kitten unless specially requested here---------------------------Water will be provided otherwise.

Total £

No Entries will be accepted without Fees. Postage Stamps taken Thirteen to the Shilling. Exhibitors are particularly requested to write distinctly, and also to be careful to name correctly the Class in which they intend to exhibit their Cat or Cats. All Correspondence and Entries to be addressed to Miss F. Simpson, Durdans House, St. Margaret's-on-Thames.

The exhibiting rules should be carefully studied, and intending exhibitors must pay great attention to the classification set forth in the schedule so as to determine the correct class in which to enter their cats. If there remains any doubt in the mind of the novice, then it is best to consult some reliable and well-known breeder, giving a full description of the cat you wish to show.

It is a grievous disappointment if through ignorance or carelessness a good specimen is labelled "Wrong class."

It is always stated in the schedules that the entries close on a particular date, and that after this none can or will be received. Experience proves, however, that this is often not a law of the Medes and Persians, for the date is frequently of an elastic nature, and therefore it is always worth while for an intending exhibitor to write requesting that, if possible, his entry may be received, although it is forwarded after the advertised time of closing. Many exhibitors are not aware that by paying an extra shilling they can generally secure a double pen for their cats. It is not usual for the secretary of a show to send a receipt for entries and fees, as the tallies and labels which are forwarded later serve as an acknowledgment for these. When by any chance labels, etc., are not received in time to be used by exhibitors, or they are lost or mislaid, then the hampers should be addressed to the secretary of the show, and a note of explanation enclosed. The entry can then be looked up, and the pen number discovered. If cats are entered in joint names, then it is desirable that the owners should let the secre-tary know to whom to send the labels and tallies, as if these are only forwarded a day or two before the show to the partner who does not keep the cat, complications may arise.