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applicable to lightness in bone, openness of frill, 

 shortness of coat, and slackness of general con- 

 formation, all of which can be expelled by judi- 

 cious selection ; and the best means of doing so, 

 is to keep in touch with the larger exhibitions 

 devoted to cats, taking note of the best sires shown 

 thereat. 



