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The " Second National Cat Show " was opened at the Crystal Palace on Saturday, and will close this evening. The cats are arranged in lines of cages at the north end of the nave. Among them are many fire specimens, and both the connoisseur and the ignoramus in feline beauty will find tho ShoW Well worth a visit. The former will not be disappointed, and the latter' will be de- lighted at seeing for the first time in his life such variety of form, such beautiful shades and tex- tures of fur, such variously coloured eyes as those wvhich belong to the 349 sleek favonrites reposing on their red cnshions,writh blue ribands tied daintily round their soft necks. The cats are divided into four divisions, entitled "short-haired cats," "long- haired cats," " cats of no sex," and " working men's cats." Tbe series of prizes in the fourth division is offered by the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, " to encourage the kind treatment of domestic cats ;" but it seems to us that such cats as are likely to be sent to Shows run far more chance of being killed with kindness than cruelty. While we were there a fond mistress brought her pet his suipper, 'vhich was not a mouse as our readers miigbt guess, but two smelts exqui- sitely fried in hreadcrumb, and a savoury leg of a roast chicken. We are afraid that this exhibition, attractive as it is, does not encourage cat3 to fulfil the purposes of their being. So fat and well-favoured is each prize-puss, so lazily do they lie on the crimson cushions, that we doubt whether a nimble mouse might not run the gauntlet of the whole 39 'and comne clear off. The four divisions we have named are subdivided into 40 cla3ses, and, as in each class three prizes are offered, the most modest merit has a fair chance. In cage No. 1 reposes the wonder of toIsshe S , if not of the world, a pure tor- toiseshell tomn, without a white hair in Iiis whole coat. So rare is this Drecious creature that the judges, who mnay be supposed to i-ave passed their lives among the species, have never before beheld his like. For tortoiseshell toms there is a special class, but he has neither compeer nor com- petitor. Among these 349 picked cats of England he is the first anid the last of his kind and colour and takes his prize of lt. 10s., by no eftort but of his owvn royal right. Next to him are ranged the brown short-haired tabbies, then a bevy of blues andl silver grays, all so sleek and handsome, that we can well understand the difficulty the judges had in determining the prize- wiiners. Nos. 29 and 30, are red tabby he-cats, rare and costly, one not for sale, and the other priced at 201. Some fine black fellows in pink neck-ties, several toms of a mouse-coloured, unusual hue, others earless, curly-tailed or no- tail-at-all bring us to the fascinating group of the beer-cellar cat " Bung" and her three kittens. Next to these is rauged a hiah-bred class of tortoise- shell she-cats, without a ha'ir of white (the prevail- ing blemish of this species) in their superfine fur. In one cage lies a veteran of 14 years, in aniother a litter of kittens of scarcely as maniy days, snug and cosy between their mother and a sheepskin mat. Cage 349 contains a pair of Hybrid WVild Cats from the Zoological Gardens. These take a prize in their class, anid deserve it. Crouching at the back of their cage with fierce, uneasy eyes, they break the succession of the tame tabbys, which arch their backs and press their heads against the wire netting in rapturous expectation of a caress. Amonig thie rarities of the show are a fawn-coloured Siamese cat, an Australian cat of peculiar hue, and " Zeyla," an Abyssinian cat taken prisoner of wvar by au officer of the 102d Fusiliers, carried to India, and after- wards brought to England. The catalogue infornis us that this travelled tabby "will drink from a tumbler or cup, with her left piaw, almost at any time." There are no less thani 42 entries of " cats of no sex." These cornprise every variety, and are the finest class in the Show. The cats of no sex attain an enorm-aous size; two of them, Nos. 304 and 308, are the heaviest in the Show, and weigh exactly 211b. each. Of Persiani cats with their neck frills, wvhich dis- tinguish them from the Angora, and their long fur, there are many fine specimens. A rare black belon.ing to Lady Colqahon, a yellow- with enormously fat cheeks, and a cream-colour exhi- bited by Lord Hlopetown, aged 14 years, and valued at 1001. (we hope its lIfe is insured), are the most notable. The judges were Lady Cust, Lady. Dorothy Nevill, Lady Mildred Hope, the Ron. Henry Walpole, Rev. J. C. Alacdona, Messrs. Harrison Weir and J. Jenner *Veir. There are too many prize winners for us to give all their names, and we feel quite unequal to deciding ques- tions of pre-eminence among the owners of over 100 prize cats of 41 classes, and one and all, at least so they seem to us, rare arid beaitifuil. It is fair to posterity that we should mention Mr. L. Smith, the happy possessor of the tortoiseshell tom, and we must express our sorrow that neithe. 31r. W"'hittington's Elnglish white cat nor his red Manx tabby was good enough in quality to stand by his name. The admissions were-bv season tickets, 7,966 on payment, 2,129 ; total, 10,095. CAT SUMO AT THE CRYSTAL PALACE.

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