Our Cats and All About Them / Their Varieties, Habits, and Management; and for Show, the Standard of Excellence and Beauty; Described and Pictured

by Harrison Weir

Large, elegant in all its movements, hair smooth, clean,
bright, full of lustre, and lying close to the body, all
betokening good health and strength.

MR. CLARKE'S "MISS WHITEY."

WHITE, LONG-HAIRED CAT.

	POINTS
Head	10
Round and broad across and between the eyes, of medium size; nose rather short, pink at the tip; ears ordinary size, but looking small, being surrounded with long hair, which should also be long on the forehead and lips.
Eyes	15
Large, full, round or almond-shape, lustrous, and of a beautiful azure blue. Yellow admissible as five points only. Green a defect.
Ruff or Frill	15
Large, very long, flowing, and lion-like, extending over the shoulders, and covering the neck and chest thickly.
Fur	15
Very long everywhere, mostly along the back, sides, legs, and feet, making tufts between the toes, and points at the apex of the ears.
Quality of Fur	10
Fine, silky, and very soft in the Persian, with a slightly woolly texture in the Angora, and still more so in the Russian.
Tail	10
In the Persian the hair long and silky throughout, but somewhat longer at the base. Angora more like the brush of a fox, but much longer in the hair. Russian equally long in hair, but full tail, shorter and more blunt, like a tassel.
Size, Shape, and Condition	15
Large, small in bone, looking larger than it really is on account of the length of hair. Body long, legs short, tail carried low—not over the back, which is a fault. Fur clean, bright and glossy, even and smooth, and flakey, which gives an appearance of quality.
Colour	10
White, with a tender, very slightly yellow tint; cushions of feet and tip of nose pink.
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Total	100

Round and broad across and between the eyes, of medium size;
nose rather short, pink at the tip; ears ordinary size, but
looking small, being surrounded with long hair, which should
also be long on the forehead and lips.

Large, full, round or almond-shape, lustrous, and of a
beautiful azure blue. Yellow admissible as five points only.
Green a defect.

Large, very long, flowing, and lion-like, extending over the
shoulders, and covering the neck and chest thickly.

Very long everywhere, mostly along the back, sides, legs, and
feet, making tufts between the toes, and points at the apex
of the ears.