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LONG-HAIRED CREAM

The colour of this very lovely and popular cat is most important. The pale cream, clear and sound to the roots, is a good contrast to the deep copper eye colour required. The eyes must be large and round with great width between to give a short broad nose. Together these give a grand broad head with small neat well-placed tufted ears, set low to the top of the head. They must not stand high, as this spoils an otherwise good cat, nor must they be wide at the base.
There should be no markings or shadings but a pure very uniform colour over and under the whole of the body. A white undercoat is a great fault and there must be no white at the tip of the tail, one of the worst faults to be found in a Cream. The stomach should be as cream as the back and sides and underneath of the tail. The brush must be as wide at the back, carrying on the width form the shoulders to the tip of the tail. Some may think this is an impossibility, but with perseverance and grooming of the tail each day from babyhood, the fur will stand out from the structure and become a beautifully full and spreading brush, as even in colour as the body fur. A ‘hot’ cream colour is most undesirable, as with the deeper shade the hair is inclined to be coarse and not of the softest texture as it should be. Unfortunately, the ‘hot’ or reddish tinge returns to the breed when careful consideration is not given to the matings of certain lines to each other. It is of great importance to study the pedigrees, to find out the good and bad faults of certain cats and strive to get away from the bad. The stud that is selected for the queen should be the very best possible to enable her to give of the best. Bad faults can so easily be brought into a strain and it takes a long time to get them out.
In the past breeders have striven to keep away from a Red, so that the pale and unmarked cream colouring should not be damaged. To breed Blue blood into the Creams is most helpful and will help to keep the wonderful type of the Creams today. Some of the finest Creams ever bred have come through a Blue sire. Flick-a-Maroo and Champion Mischief of Bredon, famous Blue sires in the past, had famous Cream sons, Champion Buff of Hanley and Champion Biscuit of Hanley respectively. To mate Cream to Cream is quite good for a certain time, but it should not be carried on for too long as there is an inclination to revert to the hotter colour and the less good type.
Beautifully typed Creams are now appearing in greater numbers, and maybe they are on their way to rivalling the Blues. A pale cream kitten with a full coat and a broad head with large round copper-coloured eyes is a most decorative pet to have in the house and is an irresistible attraction to visitors.

Standard Points

Colour Pale to medium, to be pure and sound throughout,
without shading or markings. 30

Coat Long, dense and silky; tail short and flowing.

Coat and condition 20

Body Cobby and solid, short thick legs. 15

Head Broad and round, small ears well set and well tufted,
short broad nose, full round cheeks. 20

Eyes Large, round, deep copper colour. 15


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