Harrison Weir states that ” Tabby is not a Persian colour,” and goes on to say, ” Nor have I ever seen an imported cat of that colour.” His definition of a silver tabby reads thus :-” Markings : Jet-black lines, not too broad, scarcely so wide as the ground colour shown between, so as to give a light and brilliant effect.
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” The better the coat the weaker the markings,” may be said of Persian silver tabbies, and judges have been known to give the highest award to an out-of-coat specimen just because the markings are more evident than in a cat in full pelage. Now, of course, it is easily understood that these tabby markings in a long-haired cat cannot be so distinct as those that appear to such advantage in the short-haired breeds. No doubt there is just cause for complaint, for the inter-breeding of silvers with silver tabbies has undoubtedly done much to destroy the clear defined markings which in tabby cats is their chief glory. Men call them ” wishy-washy,” insipid, and wanting in expression, and are generally displeased at this sport in the fancy that has spoiled the handsome silver tabbies of years gone by.
THERE can be no question that a really _L good silver tabby will carry off the palm even from the most exquisite unmarked silver cat, and in this assertion I feel I have the support of all our professional judges, for with the ” mere man,” it is well known, the pale silvers do not stand high in favour. SILVER TABBY PERSIANS “THE MARQUIS OF DINGLEV.” SILVER TABEY, OWNED BY MISS ANDERSON LEAKE. Texte und Bilder aus “THE BOOK OF THE CAT” von Frances Simpson aus dem Jahre 1903 THE BOOK OF THE CAT CHAPTER XIII.
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