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SHORT HAIRED CATS

SHORT-HAIRED RED-POINT SIAMESE

Some years ago, the first Red-point appeared in England and attracted much interest. Experiments were carried out, during the course of which both Tortoiseshell and Red-points were bred. The red in the points is a ‘pure’ colour and a Red-point mated to a Red-point will give only kittens with those coloured points. Many are of good type but have pale gold points instead of red.
Faults are a striped tail and tabby markings on the face. The body colour should be white, shading to apricot on the back. The blue eye-colouring is usually good, and contrasts beautifully with the points. The recently recognised standard is as follows:

Standard

Type As for Seal-pointed Siamese. A cat if medium size, virile and muscular, but dainty in appearance.

Head
and ears Head wide at the top and tapering to a pointed, clearly defined
nose. A strong chin. Ears large, wide at the base, but pricked.

Eyes (Colour
and tail) Oriental in shape, slanting towards the nose. No squint. Bright vivid blue.

Body and
tail Body long and svelte. Neck long and graceful but strong. Legs long and slim, hind legs higher than the front. Feet small and oval in shape. Tail long and tapering, straight or slightly kinked at the extremity.

Body
colour White, shading, if any, to apricot on the back. Kittens paler. Nose leather pink.

Points Ears, mask, legs, feet and tail bright reddish-gold.

Coat Short, fine silky hair, glossy and close-lying.