1 66 RABBITS, CATS, AND CAVIES 



Condition and general appearance . . 10 Points 



5 



Total 100 Points 



THE SHORT-HAIRED BLUE CAT 



I think there is no difference of opinion that this 

 variety came originally from Russia, but it is now quite 

 acclimatised, and breeds freely in this country, though I 

 should not consider it common. 



It always strikes me, both in its colour and ways, as 

 having more of the wild animal about it than any other of 

 the domestic cats. 



It is usually very quiet and undemonstrative in 

 manner, and not particularly sociable, but I have not 

 found it bad - tempered, more what I should call 

 reserved. 



A well-shaped, even-coloured specimen of this variety 

 generally gets into the first three, in a class of all kinds 

 of short-haired cats, and also stands a good chance in a 

 class for Self-coloured Short Hairs, or Short-haired Foreign 

 Cats. 



At many of the larger shows classes are provided for 

 Short-haired Blues, when it may be observed how 

 many different shades there are of this very neutral colour, 

 and, unless divided by sex, how much smaller the females 

 are than the males. 



I have known more than one instance of blue kittens, 



