Pacific Cat Club - ACA Show Trophy (1911)

MUSEUM	FACTFILE
Classification	Awards
Category	Trophy
Artifact	1911 Pacific Cat Club trophy
Date	December 7-8-9, 1911
Connection	Pacific Cat Club (San Francisco, USA)
Collection	The CFA Foundation
Description	Copper and Silver Trophy, engraved "Best Persian Smoke Female bred on Pacific Coast. P.C.C. Show, 1911"
Brief History	Pacific Cat Club was an ACA club, incorporated in July 1900
Acquisition	Donated by Lorraine Shelton, 2023

The Pacific Cat Club was incorporated in July 1900 and was one of the first organized cat clubs on the west coast of the USA. The club held its first informal exhibition in August the same year, with their shows slowly growing in size from year to year.

This copper and silver trophy is engraved "Best Persian Smoke Female bred on Pacific Coast. P.C.C. Show, 1911". The Premium List for the awards shows that this particular trophy was donated by Mrs. L. O. Getzler.

A multi-page show catalog for the club's 1911 show was purchased in 2026 by The CFA Foundation for their collection and it is an excellent resource for registration data information on cats of the era. There were 153 entries in this 3-day show in classes varying from the multitude of Longhair colors to only 11 Shorthair entries. No breed names are mentioned; cats are identified by color and pattern only.

Acquisition of the 1911 show catalog, which is a marked Judge's copy, shows that the Best Smoke Persian Female entry in the show was Brilliant Lassie, owned by Miss E. Gutleben. No registration number is printed in the catalog, nor can any record for Brilliant Lassie be found in the ACA Stud Books of that year.

By 1950, the Pacific Cat Club had moved to become a United Cat Fanciers (UCF) associated club and held their first UCF show that year. By 1953, they had become a Cat Fanciers' Association (CFA) affiliated club.