tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4745893693457784689.post3885161679154378456..comments2024-03-18T14:35:37.633-07:00Comments on Grace Elliot - blog.: Bisset's 'Cat Orchestra' and other performing cats.Pippa Elliotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10128414630918980034noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4745893693457784689.post-27427925149040041952012-11-10T07:26:02.589-08:002012-11-10T07:26:02.589-08:00Many thanks for this most interesting post! I hav...Many thanks for this most interesting post! I have a close connection with Mr. Bissett and his cats -- he had quite the menagerie, including not only the cats but dancing dogs, monkeys, and a hare that beat upon a drum with its tail -- but his biggest star was Toby the original Learned Pig. I've brought Toby's story to modern readers in my novel PYG: The Memoirs of Toby, the Learned Pig, and it contains a lovely description of these felines: <br /><br />"Next came the ‘Cat opera’ in which a line of three Felines sat on silken cushions and struck at dulcimers, all the while seeming very earnestly to read the sheet-music set before them. At the same time, a series of Tom-cats would come a-caterwauling, yowling along with the music in a very tuneful manner—for Cats, at least. This opera then gave way to a brief Circus, in which cats rode a Barrel down a Rope, climbed a pole and sprang into a Net, and batted a great Wicker ball around a Ring. The Hare then beat upon the drum with his Tail ... "Russell Potterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11023313195827310776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4745893693457784689.post-78382781658930070652011-07-05T00:41:09.404-07:002011-07-05T00:41:09.404-07:00Karen, I'm rather partial to B/W cats. My very...Karen, I'm rather partial to B/W cats. My very first cat was B/W, he was called Skate (because he was a dockyard cat rescue cat = Skate is slang for a sailor.) <br />Grace xGrace Ellothttp://graceelliot-author.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4745893693457784689.post-89629965766926936252011-07-04T13:28:24.195-07:002011-07-04T13:28:24.195-07:00That last picture looked just like my late Poncho!...That last picture looked just like my late Poncho! What a great post this is and love the pictures.Karen V. Wasylowskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13148410916082693726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4745893693457784689.post-21419279653605664542011-07-04T13:25:04.784-07:002011-07-04T13:25:04.784-07:00Very true! I especially like the Pederson story......Very true! I especially like the Pederson story...although not for the pigeons.<br />Grace xGrace Elliothttp://graceelliot-author.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4745893693457784689.post-41349720895840628052011-07-03T10:21:19.525-07:002011-07-03T10:21:19.525-07:00Bisset would be a good bit to include in a histori...Bisset would be a good bit to include in a historical novel! Very amusing.J. R. Tomlinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01109874615059334200noreply@blogger.com