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a great favourite with artists, and though it is by no 

 means invariable to find painters of animals so successful 

 with cats as with other subjects, in the majority of cases 

 I have seen, when a cat forms part of a picture, a Brown 

 Tabby has been the sort chosen. 



STANDARD OF EXCELLENCE FOR JUDGING 

 LONG-HAIRED BROWN TABBY CATS 



Head, roundness, breadth, with short face . 10 Points 

 Ears, small for size of head, tufted and tipped 5 

 Eyes, large, round, prominent and orange 



yellow . . . . . .10,, 



Shoulders and chest, wide and deep, well 



marked . . . . . .10,, 



Legs and feet, well boned and powerful . 5 ,, 

 Brush, very bushy ; hind quarters well 



covered . . . . . .10,, 



Coat very profuse all over body, with under- 

 coat . . . . . . . 20 



Condition, hard, muscular and well groomed 10 

 Colour, rich brown ground, with deep black 



markings . . . . . . 15 



Size, as large as possible, not less than twelve 



pounds for males, or ten pounds for females 5 



Total 100 Points 



THE LONG-HAIRED SILVER TABBY CAT 

 This, to my mind, is a very beautiful variety, but 



