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SHORT HAIRED CATS
SHORT-HAIRED SPOTTED CATS
First shown in the 1880s, the coat pattern
is typical of the oldest domestic cats known. The type is
as for the other British short-hairs. Some very good examples
have appeared on the show bench recently, and I am glad that
this very old breed is being revived.
The Governing Council give the following in its standards:
In judging spotted cats the first desideratum is good and
clear spottings, all other properties being only of secondary
importance. Turning, for example to the Spotted Wild cats,
in which this form of colouration reaches its acme, we find
there are various kind of spotting: some have a great many
small spots, others fewer and larger; some have round spots,
some oblong and some rosette-shaped. Any of these markings
may be of equal merit, but the spots, however shaped or placed,
shall be distinct, and not running into each other. They may
be of any colour as suitable to the ground colouration. The
fewer markings in the nature of stripes, even on the legs
and chest, the better. The colour of eyes to conform to coat
colour.
Faults Stripes and bars (except on face
and head). Judging by points, a value of 50 should be allotted
to spotting, after which the ordinary British Short-haired
cat properties may be valued at the remaining 50 points.
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