1895: Nicodemus, the Prize-Winning Alley Cat of New York Prankster Brian Hughes » Nicodemus
In 1895, Brian Hughes entered a 10-cent street cat he named Nicodemus in the very first National Cat Show at Madison Square Garden. On May 5, 1895, the Chicago Tribune reported that the cat looked like “the ordinary backyard, high-fence cat that gets itself shot at moonlight nights.”
Nicodemus, the alley cat that Brian G. Hughes entered in the National Cat Show in 1895
