First Bombay National Winner
First Bombay Distinguished Merit Cat
First Bombay Distinguished Merit Cat
GC BW RW Road To Fame's
Mabel Black Label, DM
Mabel Black Label, DM
Suzanne Zwecker of Road to Fame Cattery
remembers Mabel Black Label...
remembers Mabel Black Label...
Herb and I took in a cute little tortie kitten that came around begging for food at my parents'. business. She had a fairly short face, big round copper eyes, very intense red and black coloring, and she was just adorable. She was very tiny when we first got her, and so skinny we weren't sure she'd make it. She was healthy, though, and filled out rapidly. After a few months we decided ..to take her along to shows. She had a fabulous personality, and was such a flashy, pretty cat that we were sure someone would take her. Unfortunately, the public had no interest in a pretty little domestic shorthair. We named her Saturday Night Fever and showed her a few times. .Saturday. got some grand points, but no big wins, so we decided we might as well breed her. The male was another street-bred cat, named Black Friday. The only black in the litter was Black Jack, a male. We intended to sell him as a pet because he just didn't seem to be good enough to keep, but no one bought him, so he stayed.
In March of 1981, Herb was sent out of town for two weeks on business. One of our young Burmese females, GC Road To Fame's Vinita, came into a screaming heat, and we didn't have a suitable Burmese male for her. We had two studs then, one a traditional grand, the other her full brother. I couldn't stand the screaming, so I gave in and put her in with Black Jack, who was then about eight or nine months old. I was afraid to tell Herb what I had done until her pregnancy started to show, and I had no choice. The best of the litter was a male we named Oh! Calcutta. Calcutta. granded in May 1982. We liked him well enough to try Black Jack with another female, Isis, who produced Mabel Black Label. .
Mabel. did well as a kitten, and one allbreed judge repeatedly told us to campaign her, she'd go top10. This was so exciting to think about, but, really, we thought that prediction was overly optimistic. We gave it a try anyway and Mabel ended up 10th Best Cat for 1982-83, the first Bombay ever to earn a Top 20 award.
Right after the end of the show season, we bred Mabel to the best Burmese we could find, GC, NW Kashmirian's Lord Lovatt, DM, owned by Shirley Cohoe. The breeding was a resounding success. Mabel had six strong, healthy black kittens, one of which was truly outstanding . GC, NW Road To Fame's Luv It Black, DM. We campaigned .Luv It. extensively, and he finished up 2nd Best Cat nationally in 1985, missing Best Cat by just a small handful of points. By June 1990, Luv It earned his DM. Luv It is now somewhere in the pedigree of just about all CFA Bombays.
In March of 1981, Herb was sent out of town for two weeks on business. One of our young Burmese females, GC Road To Fame's Vinita, came into a screaming heat, and we didn't have a suitable Burmese male for her. We had two studs then, one a traditional grand, the other her full brother. I couldn't stand the screaming, so I gave in and put her in with Black Jack, who was then about eight or nine months old. I was afraid to tell Herb what I had done until her pregnancy started to show, and I had no choice. The best of the litter was a male we named Oh! Calcutta. Calcutta. granded in May 1982. We liked him well enough to try Black Jack with another female, Isis, who produced Mabel Black Label. .
Mabel. did well as a kitten, and one allbreed judge repeatedly told us to campaign her, she'd go top10. This was so exciting to think about, but, really, we thought that prediction was overly optimistic. We gave it a try anyway and Mabel ended up 10th Best Cat for 1982-83, the first Bombay ever to earn a Top 20 award.
Right after the end of the show season, we bred Mabel to the best Burmese we could find, GC, NW Kashmirian's Lord Lovatt, DM, owned by Shirley Cohoe. The breeding was a resounding success. Mabel had six strong, healthy black kittens, one of which was truly outstanding . GC, NW Road To Fame's Luv It Black, DM. We campaigned .Luv It. extensively, and he finished up 2nd Best Cat nationally in 1985, missing Best Cat by just a small handful of points. By June 1990, Luv It earned his DM. Luv It is now somewhere in the pedigree of just about all CFA Bombays.
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