144 POINTS OF EXCELLENCE. 



BROWN, BLUE, SILVER, LIGHT GRAY, AND 

 WHITE TABBY LONG-HAIRED CATS. 



POINTS 



Head lo 



Round and broad across and between the eyes, of 

 medium size ; nose rather short ; ears ordinary size, 

 but looking small, being surrounded with long 

 hair, which should also be long on the forehead 

 and lips. 



Eyes lo 



Orange-yellow for brown and blue tabby, very slightly 

 tinted with green ; deep, bright yellow for silver ; 

 gray, and golden yellow for white tabby ; large, 

 full, round, or almond-shaped, and very lustrous. 



Ruff or Frill lo 



Large, very long, flowing, and lion-like, extending 

 over the shoulders, and covering the neck and 

 chest thickly. 



Fur lo 



Very long everywhere, mostly so along the back, 

 sides, legs, and feet, making tufts between the 

 toes, and points at the apex of the ears. 



Quality of Fur lo 



Fine, silky, and very soft in the Persian, with slightly 

 woolly texture in the Angora, and still more so in 

 the Russian. 



Tail lo 



In the Persian the hair long and silky throughout, 

 but somewhat longer at the base ; Angora like the 

 brush of a fox, but longer in the hair; Russian 

 equally long in the hair, but more full at the end; 

 tail shorter, rather blunt, like a tassel. 



