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LONG-HAIRED CATS
LONG-HAIRED ANY OTHER COLOUR
When cat shows first started in the late nineteenth century,
apart form the Whites, Blacks and Tabbies, the rest of the
long-haired cats were shown in one class, ‘Any other
colour’, which made judging very difficult. Gradually
as the result of painstaking selective breeding and the recognition
of more breeds, with their separate open classes, the numbers
in this class have grown less and less, and at shows today
it is not usual to find more than two or three cats entered
under this heading.
A cat that does not conform to the specific standards for
any particular breed required by the Governing Council of
the Cat Fancy may be registered as Breed 13a, Any Other Colour.
No challenge certificates are given to the winners of these
classes at shows, and naturally there can be no champions.
‘Any other coloured’ cats may be the result of
cross-breeding, mis-mating, or a new breed which is being
developed but has not yet received recognition. They may have
long silky coats of black and tabby, or be tabbies with white,
mackerel blue chinchillas and so on-in fact of any colourings,
or markings not enumerated in the breed list.
They often make beautiful and unusual-looking pets and are
useful in breeding for one or two of the recognised varieties.
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