BROWN TABBY PERSIANS. 



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Here let me give a few details of my dear from the country to London obliged me to 



departed puss. "Persimmon" was a well- board him out. 



known character in the fancy, and had the "Persimmon" sired some splendid kittens, 



distinction of being a champion in the National which whenever shown proved themselves 



Cat Club and the Cat Club. It was in 1899 worthy of their sire's long prize - winning 



when, judging at Brighton, I was greatly taken record. At the Crystal Palace show of 1902 



" LOXSDALE CHRYSALIS AND " LONSDALE MOTH. 



BRED BY MRS. GREGORY. 

 (Photo: W. G. Lai'is, Bath.) 



with a wonderful-headed brown tabby that 

 came under my awards. I gave him first 

 in his class, and when later I obtained a 

 catalogue and saw his price was a very reason- 

 able one, I purchased him, and I may say 

 I never made a better bargain, in or out of 

 the cat fancy. " Persimmon " (as I after- 

 wards called him, in memory of the Derby 

 winner) was bred by Mr. Heslop, of Darlington, 

 that astute and clever cat fancier ; and his 

 grandsire was " Brown Prince," a noted 

 Northern prize-winning tabby. I have never 

 seen such a wonderful head as that which 

 made " Persimmon's " chief glory. 



His face was very round, and his nose 

 quite a snub, and he was blessed with tiny 

 ears and short tail. His shape was perfect, 

 but the markings on his back were rather too 

 heavy, and alas ! he had a white under-lip. 

 But, taking him all round, he was a grand 

 specimen, and a most lovable puss. He fretted 

 himself to death when a change of residence 



Miss Whitney exhibited two of his progeny 



a superb neuter "Persimmon Laddie," 



who covered himself with glory and his 



cage with cards, and a beautiful kitten 



that had previously won at Manchester and 



has since been purchased at a high figure by 



a lover of the brownies. At the Specialist 



Show at Bath in January, 1903, " Persimmon 



Laddie " was again to the fore, and won in 



the open and ring classes. " Persimmon " was 



a great loss, for good brown tabbies are 



rare. I hope, however, to purchase a fine, 



well-grown son of my dear old " Simmy," and 



as "Persimmon II." I trust it may be a case 



of "like father like son," and that by-and- 



by we may find quite a long list of brown 



tabby Persians " at stud " in the columns of 



the catty papers. 



I think I may with truth assert that brown 

 tabbies arc more appreciated, 'and that better 

 specimens are produced in the North than in 

 the South of England. I have mentioned 



