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POINTS 



Size, Shape, and Condition 10 



Large, small in bone, looking larger than it really 

 is on account of the length of the hair ; body long; 

 legs short; tail carried low, not over the back, 

 which is a fault ; fur clean and glossy, even, 

 smooth, and flakey, which gives an appearance of 

 quality. 



Colour 15 



Ground colour, deep, rich reddish-brown, more 

 rufous on the nose, ears, mane, and inside the 

 legs and belly ; tip of nose red, edged with black ; 

 blue, bright, deep, rich, even, dark colour; 

 silver, lighter and equally even tint ; and so light 

 gray ; and white ground, pure white. 



Markings 15 



Jet-black lines, not too broad, scarcely so wide as the 

 ground colour seen between, so as to give a light 

 and brilliant effect. When the black lines are 

 broader than the colour space, it is a defect, being 

 then black marked with colour, instead of colour 

 marked with black. The lines must be clear, 

 sharp, and well-defined, in every way distinct, 

 having no mixture of the ground colour. Head, 

 legs, and tail regularly marked, the latter with 

 rings, the lines on the throat and chest being in no 

 way blurred or broken, but clear, graceful, and 

 continuous ; lips, cushions of feet, the backs of 

 the hind-legs and the ear-points black. 



Total 100 



In chocolate, mahogany, led, or yellow long-haired 

 tabbies, the markings and colours to be the same as in the 

 short-haired cats ; but in points to count the same as the 

 last in all quahties. 



