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SHORT-HAIKED TABBY KITTENS. 

 (Photo: C. Reid, Wishaw.) 



CHAPTER XXV. 



SHORT-HAIRED CATS. 



\ ND now I will take a general glance over 

 j~\ the other short-haired breeds commonly 

 called English or British cats. 



As regards points, these are the same as in 

 the long-haired varieties. I give a list as 

 drawn up by a sub-committee of the Cat Club 

 for the use of fanciers and judges : 



SHORT-HAIRED CATS. 



White. Colour, pure white. Eyes, blue. 



Black. Colour, pure and rich black ; no white: 

 Eyes, orange. 



Torioiseshell. Colour, patched yellow, orange and 

 black ; no stripes ; no white. Eyes, orange. 



Torioiseshell and White. Colour, white, patched 

 with yellow, orange and black ; no stripes. Eyes, 

 orange. 



Silver Tabby. Colour, silver grey, marked with 

 rich black stripes or bars; no pure white. Eyes, 

 green or orange. 



Spotted Tabby. Colour, any shade of light colour, 

 evenly marked with spots of a darker shade or black ; 

 no stripes ; no pure white. Eyes, orange, yellow or 

 green. 



Brown Tabby. Colour, golden brown, marked with 



rich black stripes or bars ; no white. Eyes, orange 

 or green. 



Orange or Red Tabby. Colour, light orange or red, 

 with darker stripes or bars ; no white. Eyes, hazel, 

 or golden brown. 



Tabby and White. Colour, any shade of tabby with 

 white. Eyes, orange or green. 



N.B. Where more than one colour is given for the 

 eyes, the first one is to be preferred to the second or 

 third. 



The Sub-Committee, FRANCES SIMPSON. 



GAMBIER BOLTON. 



It will therefore be seen that texture and 

 length of coat are really the distinguishing 

 points between the two varieties. It is just 

 as grave a mistake for a Persian cat to have 

 a short, close coat as it is for one of British 

 type to possess any of that woolliness or length 

 of fur which denotes a mesalliance. The com- 

 monest species of all short-haired cats may be 

 said to be represented by broken-coloured 

 specimens that is, orange-and-white, tabby- 

 and-white, and black-and-white. These sorts 



