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to these cats, chiefly because they have little 

 or no value for breeding, though they un- 

 doubtedly make pretty pets. As a sign of the 

 times, I may mention that at the Westminster 

 show in 1903 the three " any other colour " 

 classes for males, females, and kittens had 

 to be cancelled, no entries having been made. 



Speculative, but, I must add, persevering 

 fanciers might derive interest and amusement 

 from trying to breed out - of - the - common 

 specimens. A black-and-white, spotted like 

 a Dalmatian hound, or a cat marked with 

 zebra stripes, could doubtless be produced in 

 time by careful and judicious selection. 



" BLUE ROBIN." 

 (Photo: Witcomb & Son, Salisbury.) 



