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Title: The Angora cat; how to breed train and keep it;
Year: 1898 (1890s)
Authors: James, Robert Kent, (from old catalog) ed
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Publisher: Boston, James bros.
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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thaired cat is imposing. The head should be orangeshaped and show breadth between the eyes and be strongboned. The eyes should be round and open. The noseshould be short and tapering. The teeth should begood, and the claws flat. The upper leg should lay atclose angles. The lower leg should be straight. Thefeet should be small and round, and a good catshould be deep chested, but light framed. The neckshould be slim and graceful. The ears should be mediumin size with rounded points. The back should be squareand high, the tail long and tapering. In judging moreparticularly the fur, it is well to consider the length,quality, and the thickness. The Queen Elizabeth ruffle,which name is often given to the fur about the neck,should be exceedingly long and wavy. Another impor-tant point is the color of the coat, which means its rich-ness and purity, and the tail, which includes size andcarriage. The eyes again are given considerable impor-tance, especially in the white and self-colored ones.52
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WHITE, WITH BUFF SPOTS. THE CORRECT ANGORA. 53 Angoras vary in form, color, and disposition, the qual-ity of their hair, which is more wooly on some specimensthan on others. They vary also in the shape and lengthof their tail, the ears, and the size of their eyes. Thebody should be long and graceful and covered with long,silky hair with a curly tendency. The legs should be ofmoderate length in proportion with the body. The clawsshould be sparsely covered with hair, still a tuft of hairgrowing out between the toes is an indication of highbreeding. The tail should be long and flat with a broom-like hair, which if abundant, correspondingly increasesthe cats value. The richness of the coloring is anotherimportant point of the animal. One of the most essen-tial matters, however, in selecting an Angora is its dis-position, and that should be carefully considered. TheAngora is at its prime at fifteen months of age. Beforethis age its hair is not sufficiently developed to give fullbeauty and

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