CHAPTER XXI 



THE LONG-HAIRED SMOKE CAT 



THIS variety, which personally I admire very much and 

 have had many of them at one time or the other, may be 

 subdivided again into Dark and Light, as there are some 

 which almost look black until their coats are examined, 

 and others that look a greyish blue, but belong to 

 neither of those shades. 



I suppose it is admitted all round that although they 

 now breed pretty true to type, even if Dark and Light be 

 found in one litter, it is one of the manufactured 

 varieties, and that this is probably the reason I have never 

 yet seen in any book about cats a definition of what 

 constitutes a " Smoke," either Short or Long-haired Cat, or 

 any standard for their judging. 



But, as some of my fellow rabbit fanciers may say I 

 have not hesitated to give my ideas of some varieties of 

 their pets which have not appeared before in any book on 

 rabbits, so I will endeavour to convey to my readers 

 amongst cat fanciers my ideas as to what Smokes should 

 be. 



Head, large, round with plenty of hair on the 



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