"ANY OTHER COLOUR" PERSIANS. 



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of the present day is now in the possession of 

 Miss Moxon, of Ilfracombe. " Cinder " was 

 purchased from Mrs. Davies, who has a rare 

 faculty of picking up uncommon-looking cats. 

 Miss Moxon writes : " I am sending you a 

 detailed description of ' Cinder,' who is a 

 difficult cat to describe, and is quite the hand- 

 somest cat I have ever seen. By ' handsome ' 

 I mean striking, as she attracts everyone's 

 attention, and very often visitors to our well- 

 filled cattery have not a glance to spare for 

 our other specimens." The following is the 

 description of this very uncommon long-haired 

 cat : 



" ' Tors Side Cinder,' winner of many prizes, 

 including second Brighton A.O.C. kitten class, 

 1899 ; first A.O.C. kitten, medal, and two 

 specials, Westminster, 1900 ; first and special 

 for best cat in show, Maidstone, etc. 



" ' Cinder ' was described to me by the 

 lady from whom I bought her in 1901 as ' a 

 very peculiar colour a kind of tortoiseshell 

 creamy smoke.' She has a dark seal-brown 

 mask and ears, except for one creamy orange 

 (tortoiseshell) splash above left eye, and 

 another under chin. These give great expres- 



GRACE BEFORE MEAT. 



(Photo : E. Lamtor, Eating.) 



" MARCUS SUPERBUS," A SILVER SMOKE. 



OWNED BY Miss SHAW. 

 (Photo : Mo/at, Edinburgh.) 



sion to her face. Head exceptionally fine, 

 considerable breadth of skull, small tufted 

 ears, short broad face, very sweet expression. 

 Round orange eyes, for which she has won 

 more than one special. Fine outstanding frill 

 of a creamy smoke colour ; fur on 

 chest very long and feathery, of a 

 creamy, bluish smoke shade, with a 

 pale cream knot in centre. Seal spine 

 line, splashed with creamy brown, 

 shading gradually lighter to shoulder 

 knots and side puffs, which are of a 

 rather darker tint than the frill. 

 Paws and legs of a dark seal-brown ; 

 waistcoat and knickers of a bluish 

 cream. Splendid thick brush upper- 

 side to match spine line, under-side of 

 a bluish cream shade. Slightly bluish 

 tint all over, distinct under-coat of 

 palest cream shading to soft creamy 

 blue." 



American fanciers have always shown 

 a partiality for broken-coloured cats, 

 and orange-and-white and blue-and- 

 white cats have classifications given 

 for them at the leading shows. In 

 England there is a marked antipathy 



