Showing and Judging

Judging Etiquette

by Sarah Cudbill | Showing and Judging | 0 comments

Ann Storey is a stalwart of the rat fancy and also the president (as well as being an NMC judge). She recently posted this on the NFRS forum and the post received 81 responses (which I am unable to share). I thought the post had relevance for us as rat fanciers, if...

The Road to Success

by Andrew Leach | Featured Articles, Showing and Judging | 0 comments

In 2019 I decided to bring to an end my career of gamekeeping and working for the landed gentry. I progressed and set up my own business to become self employed in garden maintenance and pest control. My lovely, patient and very sup- portive partner Jane and I moved...

From The Archives

by Ruth Hollis | Featured Articles, Showing and Judging | 0 comments

In 1934 there was a long-drawn-out debate in Fur and Feather about show cages. A number of prominent fanciers weighed in on the argument.The first article in this year was from J Wilton Steer, titled “Mice Show Cages”. This question of show cages keeps cropping up....

A Look Back to 1981

by Steven Goss | Featured Articles, Showing and Judging | 0 comments

After my mother’s death last year, I found an old copy of NMC News among her papers. It is an early edition (number 9) and dates from November 1981. The mouse fancy was originally served by Fur & Feather magazine, but when it stopped including mice, we needed to...

[From The Archives] What Makes a Good Steward?

by Ruth Hollis | Featured Articles, Showing and Judging | 0 comments

This piece first appeared in Fur & Feather, 2 July 1970, author uncredited. It was written before the days of block entry. -Ed Everyone knows the importance of the judge, but without his righthand man, the steward, the judge is greatly handicapped. A conscientious...

Is Size Important?

by Stuart Smith | Showing and Judging | 0 comments

Just a small note on Steve Goss’s article on size. In my view, you enter your mouse in order to obtain the judge’s opinion, which you have received. You may know the mouse’s age, the mouse may know its age, but the judge doesn’t. He/she can only go on the mouse’s...

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