THE SHORT-HAIRED CAT 181 



Body and shape . ' : , 



Legs and feet . ' 'i, . : . 



Coat . . . 



Condition and general appearance 



Size ...... 



Colour and markings . 

 Tail. 



Total 100 Points 



THE NARROW-STRIPED SHORT-HAIRED TABBY CAT 



There is one other Tabby variety of which I should 

 like to say a few words, the more so as, although by no 

 means rare, it is perhaps not so often seen as the other 

 members of the family. 



It is essentially a Tabby, and, unless restrictions are 

 specially made at any show, can fairly be shown in 

 " Tabbies Any Colour " Class. 



As a rule it has a dark iron grey ground colour, but 

 the stripes, which are narrow and should be black, run 

 down each side, starting from the black trace along the 

 spine, somewhat in the fashion of the stripes on a tiger. 



There is a good difference in the sizes of the sexes, for, 

 while I have often seen quite large males of this variety, I 

 never remember seeing more than an ordinary-sized 

 female. 



As far as my experience goes, it is very seldom you see 

 markings of this particular type on a light grey or silver 

 ground, or on any specimen of the Red Tabby colour ; so 



