FOR EXHIBITION AND MARKET 



color changes from several different colors of gray 

 to black, during the different seasons of the year, and 

 this alone would clearly prove that they have cer- 

 tain blood not found in any other variety. Many a 

 poor fancier has worried for days, thinking his very 

 best specimens were going to lose their colors, and 

 the writer has read some amusing letters from 

 fanciers who were sure they had been swindled in 

 buying their stock. 



Another peculiar thing about the Himalayans is 

 the fact that at birth they are without any color 

 markings at all, and to all appearances just common 

 Whites or Polish, and the writer has seen a great 

 many letters from fanciers who had purchased 

 Himalayan does bred, and when the youngsters were 

 born without any color markings, the fancier thought 

 his doe had been mated to a Polish and requested 

 that his money be returned. In a few days, how- 

 ever, the color markings will begin to appear, faintly 

 at first, but gradually becoming stronger, and at 

 the age of three weeks, small spots of coloring on the 

 noses, and colored hairs in the feet will show. The 

 markings at first will be of a smoky color, and it will 

 be about six weeks before the real black appears. 

 After six weeks, improvement will be rapid. You 

 will notice the appearance at different ages in the 

 illustrations. The Himalayan was first "boosted" in 

 the United States by the A. F. F. A., and later by 

 the National Pet-Stock Association of America. It 

 no doubt owes much of its popularity to its fur, 

 which is being made into beautiful sets of furs. The 

 demand for Himalayan fur in this country will be 



119 ..„ 1 



