134 RABBITS, CATS, AND CAVIES 



STANDARD OF EXCELLENCE FOR JUDGING 

 LONG-HAIRED WHITE CATS 



Head, roundness and breadth, with short face 10 Points 

 Ears, not large, with tufts and tips . . 5 

 Eyes, size, shape and colour . . .10 ,, 

 Chest and shoulders well clothed . . .10 ,, 

 Legs and feet, not long, fair bone, and well 



covered to the toes . . . . 5 

 Coat, on body and sides, very abundant . 20 ,, 

 Hind quarters and brush, very full . .10 

 Condition and general appearance . 15 ,, 



Colour, without tint or shading . . .10,, 

 Size, up to about fourteen pounds as a limit . 5 ,, 



Total 100 Points 



THE LONG-HAIRED BLACK CAT 



In the early days of cat shows, which, as I have said, 

 date back about thirty years, I think it is undoubted 

 that cats of this colour were much more popular than 

 they have been for some years past. 



I can call to mind many splendid animals being shown 

 by Messrs Warner, A. A. Clarke, and others, which were 

 an object lesson to any fanciers, but there has been, and 

 is, such a decided run on the lighter shades of colour, 

 especially the Reds, Blues, Silvers, Creams and Chinchillas, 

 that the Blacks have been somewhat neglected. 



One of the first long-haired cats I ever owned was a 



