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Title: The cat, a guide to the classification and varieties of cats and a short tratise upon their care, diseases, and treatment
Year: 1895 (1890s)
Authors: Huidekoper, Rush Shippen, 1854-1901
Subjects: Cats
Publisher: New York : D. Appleton and company
Contributing Library: New York Public Library
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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y a long, slender, and graceful neck. Theslionlders are sloped in harmony with the lithebody, whicli, with the shortish legs, gives thiscat the typical feline gait. Tail. —The tail is thicker than that of theTortoise-shell — especially so at the base —although some Tortoise-shell-and-White Catshave a rather thin tail. The thick tail is, how-ever, preferable. The tail should l)e markedwith l)lack, red, and yellow blotches, and notwhite. Coat—Color and Quality. — The hair issomewhat coarser than in th(> i)ure Tortoise-shell. More white is allowable in the Tortoise-shell-and-White than in the Black-aud-WhiteCat. If the white is entirely distinct, with aclear line of demarcation between it aud theblack, yellow, and red, as exists between theselatter colors, a considerable amount of it is per-missible, and adds to the beauty of the animal. VAEIETIES 51 There should be no approach whatever to theTabby bauds or the browuish aud grayishcolor of the Tabby. It is a cmious fact that
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Fig. 12.—Tortoise-shell-and-White. the male kittens from the Tortoise-shell-and-White Cat usually come a Red Tabby, or a RedTabby and White. A good strong blaze on 52 THE CAT the face, four white feet, a white breast—butthe latter not surrounding the neck hke acollar—is very popular, and is called Dutch-rabbit markiDgs. These cats, however, shouldhave good, distinct Tortoise-shell markings overthe back and tail. Size and Condition. — The Tortoise-shell-and-White is decidedly larger than the Tor-toise-shell in size, and is lithe and elegant inits motion. It is especially beautiful whenyoung, but is apt to become lazy when old —the more so the more white there is in itsmarkings. These cats are excessively cleanly,and vain of their white, spending much of theirtime in keeping themselves clean. Tabbies. The Tabby is one of the commonest of col-ors, and is found in many breeds of the cat;and still a very well-marked Tabby is com-paratively rare. The Tabbies are divided intothe Ba

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