THE SHORT-HAIRED CAT 



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STANDARD OF EXCELLENCE FOR JUDGING 

 SHORT-HAIRED BLACK CATS 



Head . 



Ears ...... 



Eyes ...... 



Body 



Legs and feet 



Tail . ... . . : . . 



Coat . ... , . * 



Colour . . 



Condition and general appearance. 



Size . 



, ; . 10 Points 



v 5 



,v J 5 



,. 10 



;'fe /V ' 5 



* X j> 



'. 10 



. 20 



.IO 



r 



Total 100 Points 



THE SHORT-HAIRED WHITE CAT 



This is a great favourite with the writer, who for 

 some years had probably the best team of the colour, 

 with the desired blue eyes, ever seen in the possession of 

 one owner, and they took prizes wherever shown. 



He also had a neuter of the same colour, a very fine 

 specimen, scaling fifteen pounds when in form, who took 

 first prize in his class, five years in succession, at the 

 Crystal Palace Cat Shows ; and was so perfect in other 

 respects that, but for his eyes being amber colour, instead 

 of blue, would have been <c a hard nut to crack " for the 

 best short-haired cats of any colour. This cat and one 

 of the writer's champions are two of the illustrations 

 herewith given. As I have said of the long-haired Whites, 



