TOP CATS VIE FOR AWARDS.Byline: Mark Baker The Register-Guard Big Cats. Skinny cats. Hairless cats. Cats that purr. Cats that sleep. Cats that leap. Shorthairs and longhairs. Cats named Simone and Rambo and Princess. Cats named Tweedledee and Oliver Twist and Harry Potter. Blue cats. Cream-colored cats. Cats the color of chocolate mousse and cats with eyes the color of copper. It's the McKenzie River For rivers name "Mackenzie", see . The McKenzie River is a tributary of the Willamette River, 86 miles (138 km) long, in northwestern Oregon in the United States. It drains part of the Cascade Range east of Eugene into the southernmost end of the Willamette Valley. Cat Club's annual show at the Lane County Fairgrounds n. pl. 1. same as fairground. and some of these cats will walk away with an aCATemy Award today. That's what they are calling this year's cat show, you know - the aCATemy Awards. It's put on every year in conjunction with the Cat Fanciers' Association The Cat Fanciers' Association, Inc. was established in 1906 and is the world's largest registry of pedigreed cats [1] and the predominant cat breeding association in North America. , the largest cat club in the world, said Al Phillips, a member of the McKenzie River Cat Club and the director of this weekend's show, which opened Saturday and runs from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. today. The association sponsors cat shows all over the world, Phillips said, "to promote healthy, well-bred animals and to try and place some of them in responsible pet homes. And to educate the public to care for their cats." Cats are judged on conformation con·for·ma·tion n. One of the spatial arrangements of atoms in a molecule that can come about through free rotation of the atoms about a single chemical bond. , color, size and temperament. "It's kind of a beauty contest," said Betty Denny, who founded the cat club in Roseburg in 1958. She moved to Eugene in 1965, and changed the name to the McKenzie River Cat Club. All cats were scored by four judges Saturday, and they will be evaluated by four more judges today. They are judged on a 100-point scale, Denny said, and those cats with the highest point totals in their divisions will go home winners today, she said. Cats accumulate points as they go from show to show, and the goal of many cat owners and breeders is to get to the nationals in Houston, which are held each November. That's what Paul Meeker Meeker may refer to: Places
Caldwell is the home of the College of Idaho. It is considered part of the Boise metropolitan area. , wants for his cat, Harry Potter. Harry is a British shorthair British shorthair a type of shorthaired cat with a large, round head and stocky body; includes many different varieties based on color of haircoat. It is contrasted with the 'foreign' shorthair type, with a slim body and almond-shaped, slanted eyes, that includes the Russian blue, , and he weighs 16 pounds. He is gorgeous and gray, and has big paws and copper eyes. However, in the cat world, his color is blue, Meeker said. "Any cat you see here that's gray is blue," Meeker said. Don't ask. No one here seemed to know why, that's just the way it is and the way it has always been, Meeker said. Harry Potter is in the running to be one of the top 25 cats in the nation, Phillips said. Pat Kelty of Edmonds, Wash., has been breeding cats for 27 years. She has 14 cats and brought Masako and Takara, both Cornish Rexes Cornish rex see rex. - the greyhound greyhound, breed of tall, swift, sight hound developed nearly 5,000 years ago in Egypt. It stands about 26 in. (66 cm) high at the shoulder and weighs about 65 lb (29.5 kg). of the cat world - a breed that originated in Cornwall, England, to the show. "I've been loving cats all my life," said the 78-year-old Kelty, who was wearing a matching magenta-dress-and-shoe outfit with cat embroidery embroidery, ornamental needlework applied to all varieties of fabrics and worked with many sorts of thread—linen, cotton, wool, silk, gold, and even hair. Decorative objects, such as shells, feathers, beads, and jewels, are often sewn to the embroidered piece. . "I was probably 5 years old when I dragged every cat in Pittsburgh home with me." Kelty said there is one reason, and one reason only, why she comes to cat shows. "For the love of it," she said. "It's pure fun." aCATemy Awards What: McKenzie River Cat Club's cat show When: 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. today Where: Exhibition Hall at Lane County Fairgrounds Admission: Adults, $4; seniors and students, $3; children under 6 and seniors over 65, free CAPTION(S): Pat Kelty of Edmonds, Wash., holds her Cornish Rex cat named Takara during the McKenzie River Cat Club's all-breed show at the Lane County Fairgrounds on Saturday. Cats: Breeders set sights on nationals Continued from Page C1 |
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