THE LONG-HAIRED CAT 143 



The eyes are large for the size of head, and emerald 

 green in colour, round, but not protruding. 



The feet and legs are fairly long, but not strong in 

 bone. 



The frill is more developed than the mane on chest 

 and shoulders. 



The hind quarters and brush are well covered with 

 soft long hair, but not usually of great dimensions. 



The coat is uniformly thick and abundant all over the 

 back and sides. 



Condition is important, but quality is the main 

 feature. 



The colour is made of greys, light and dark, with 

 delicate black tints on surface. 



The size is about an average of nine pounds ; it is not 

 desirable for specimens to be too large, as this variety, as 

 before remarked, is one that pre-eminently lends itself to 

 the display of quality rather than quantity, and every 

 effort should be made by breeders and I have every 

 reason to believe this is being done to guard against 

 any approach to coarseness and mere size, at the sacrifice 

 of the high position and estimation to which the 

 Chinchilla-coloured long-haired cats have attained in 

 comparatively a short time, and for which exhibitors 

 are mainly indebted to the efforts of a few enthusiastic 

 breeders. 



As I said of the Creams, so I may say of these, 

 I am not aware of any scale for judging them having 

 been hitherto published, and, owing to the fierce 

 discussion which has long been raging as to the 



