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RABBITS, CATS, AND CAVIES 



STANDARD OF EXCELLENCE FOR JUDGING SMOKE- 

 COLOURED SHORT-HAIRED CATS 



Head . . . . . . 



Ears . 



Eyes. . . 



Body and shape . . . . . 



Legs and feet . . / . . 

 Tail . ..... 



Coat. .... 



Condition and general appearance . 



Colour . . . . . . 



io Points 



5 



io 



. 10 



5 

 5 



15 



io 



25 



5 



Total 100 Points 



THE SHORT-HAIRED BLACK AND WHITE CAT 



This variety, correctly marked, is not so common as 

 the outside public may suppose ; in the course of a long 

 career as breeder and exhibitor, I do not think I have 

 owned more than three or four I considered good enough 

 to exhibit. 



Almost all the cats of different colours, I think more 

 especially amongst the Short Hairs, have some peculiarities 

 or characteristics which seem to belong to themselves, 

 and I always fancy there is a solemnity, gravity, and 

 clerical aspect about Black and White cats ; so that, if 

 you met with one in a Bishop's Palace or a Deanery, you 

 would feel it was quite in keeping with its surroundings. 



They are usually very demure and placid in demeanour, 



