Harrison Weir organized England's first cat show at the Crystal Palace in London in July 1871, the event credited with launching organized, competitive cat exhibition and, with it, the wider cat fancy. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Milestone Year WhenHeld in July 1871 at the Crystal Palace, London; Harrison Weir organized the show and judged it alongside his brother John Jenner Weir. 2 LocationCrystal Palace, London, England 1 Connections
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The show is the founding event of the organized cat fancy
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1. Cat Show (Wikipedia)
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The first cat show took place at the Crystal Palace in London in 1871.
2. Harrison Weir (Wikipedia)
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He organised the first cat show in England, at the Crystal Palace, London, in July 1871.
Cat show judges sentence
He and his brother, John Jenner Weir, both served as judges in the show.
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