SHORT-HAIRED CATS. 



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' ; One more important point before I finish. ' Champion King Saul.' Females are very 

 What a painful task it is to the judge to find strong, and well represented in Mrs. Pratt's 



very good all-round ex- 

 hibits that have plain 

 head markings. The face 

 and cheeks are right in 

 ground colour ; and the 

 pencil markings on the 

 fore-face, running into 

 the markings behind the 

 ears, and those on the 

 cheeks are of the faintest 

 colour, and in many cases 

 broken. Such head 

 markings and colour spoil 

 many otherwise really 

 good cats. 



" I now come to the 

 tortoiseshells a mixture 

 of orange and black. I 

 have dealt with mixing of 

 colours in my remarks on 

 the orange tabbies. All 



MRS. A. M. STEAD'S BROWN TABBY. 



(Photo: E. N. Collins, South Norwood.) 



' Tib of Rochdale ' and 

 Messrs. Graham and 

 Ainsley's ' Sunine.' 



" The tortoiseshell-and- 

 white is a most lovely 

 and taking variety, com- 

 monly called the 'chintz- 

 and-white ' in our home- 

 steads. Very few and 

 far between are good 

 specimens to be found, 

 and yet in the show pens 

 these tri-colour cats have 

 a great advantage over 

 their fellow-felines. Lady 

 Alexander has exhibited 

 some splendid tortoise- 

 shell - and - whites, ' Bal- 

 lochmyle Otter ' being 

 one of the best (see illus- 

 tration, page 289). A very 



I need say here is, mind that in your tortoise- common drawback in this variety is the mix- 

 shells you do not get the orange markings, ture of tabby with the orange and white, 

 The most successful breeder in the North of instead of the patches of black. I feel sure 



this variety the 

 late Mr. Young, of 

 Harrogate made 

 tabby markings in 

 a tortoiseshell a dis- 

 qualification in the 

 show pen. The pre- 

 sence of any white is 

 also a very great 

 drawback, and this 

 is often found in 

 small patches on the 

 chest or on the belly. 

 You can have both 

 too light and too 



-MRS. COLLINGWOOD S '' JAMKS II. 

 (Photo : Russell & Sons, Crystal Palace.) 



if this variety were 

 only taken up more 

 we should see a 

 remarkable advance- 

 ment both in mark- 

 ings and in colour. 

 The patches white, 

 orange, and black 

 in an ideal specimen 

 should be, if possi- 

 ble, about equal in 

 number, and well 

 placed on the body, 

 head, and feet ; they 

 look very charming 

 when you see a 

 really good one. I 



much orange colour, 



or you can have 



them too dark or too much black. Equal hope a few more fanciers and breeders of 



colours and well mixed is about the right short-haired cats will be coming forward, so 



thing, with good orange eyes. At the present that the number exhibited at our shows may 



time we have Lady Alexander's and Mrs. steadily increase." 



Hei ring's males ' Champion Samson' and In this hope I do most heartily join, for 



