Standard of Points Page 1

General Type Standard

Head and Ears - Head round and broad with plenty of space between well tufted ears, which should be small, neat and well covered. Short, broad nose with a stop that is not extreme. Full cheeks and broad muzzle with no pinch. Level bite, firm chin.

Eyes - Wide open, large and round (not deep set).

Eye Colour - Black Silver Tabby: green, hazel, copper or orange, green preferred. All other colours: copper or orange.

Body and Legs - Cobby, muscular body with short thick sturdy legs.

Tail - Short, full and well furnished.

Coat - Long, dense, silky with a glossy sheen.

Classic Tabby Pattern

Markings on long-haired Tabbies should be clearly defined and dense in colour with no brindling. On the forehead there should be a letter 'M'. There should be an unbroken line running back from the corner of the eye, with pencillings on the cheek, and lines running over the back of the head extending to the shoulder markings, which should be shaped like a butterfly. On the neck and chest there should be unbroken necklaces, the more the better.

There should be a line running down the spine from the butterfly to the tail with a clear line running parallel to each side of this line; these three stripes down the back to be separated from each other by stripes of the ground colour. Each flank should have an oyster marking. The markings on each side should be identical.

The abdominal area should be spotted.

Legs should be indetically barred with bracelets going down from the body markings to the feet. Tail should be well ringed.

Allowances to be made for diffusion of tabby markings in cats showing long or full flowing coats.

Mackerel Tabby Pattern

The Mackerel Tabby Pattern differs from the Classic Tabby Pattern only in the body markings. There should be a narrow unbroken central spine line, on either side of which is a broken spine line from which the narrow lines which form the Mackerel Pattern run vertically down the body; these lines should be as narrow and numerous as possible. The tail rings, which should be as narrow and numerous as possible, may be complete or broken with the tip of the tail being th same colour as the markings.

Spotted Tabby Pattern

The Spotted cat has the same head pattern as the Classic and Mackerel Tabbies. The pattern on the body and legs should consist of numerous oval, round or rosette shaped spots, which must be clearly separated from each other and do not merge into each other, and which follow the Tabby pattern in distribution. The tail should have rings and/or spots, the tip of the tail being the same colour as the markings.

Allowances to be made for diffusion of tabby markings in cats showing long or full flowing coats.