Nobu is top cat (again)

Nobu's first-place showing at the International Cat show was no stretch for the feline, who has won before   FRINGE MAIL   Would you like to receive a weekly summary of Fringe news in your inbox? Sign up for Fringe Mail.

March 1, 1999
Web posted at: 10:32 a.m. EST (1532 GMT)

NEW YORK (CNN) -- A black and white female Japanese Bobtail named Nobu has won the 15th Annual International Cat Show.

The 10-year-old feline was judged against 800 cats vying for the title on Sunday at Madison Square Garden in New York. A total of 40 breeds were represented in the show.

Nobu is no novice to winning, having now taken the championship twice in the last three years.

His owner, Alan Scruggs of North Carolina, named his prize-winning cat after a character in the novel "Memoirs of a Geisha."

Cats were judged on a 100-point system according to the characteristics of the specific breed.

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