The cat, a guide to the classification and varieties of cats and a short tratise upon their care, diseases, and treatment (1895) (14577799830)

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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
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r Eastern Cat. The Long-haired Cats, otlierwise known asthe Asiatic or Eastern Cats, vary only slightlyin conformation, but greatly in color and inthe quality of tlieir coats. The coat may bewoolly in texture, may l>e coarsish in texture,or it may be as fine as silk; but more com-monly there is a mixture of an upper coat ofsilky hairs with a close, woolly under coat grow-ing around the roots of the former. An im-portant quality in all Long-haired Cats is thefrill or lord mayors chain, which is a crestof hairs around the neck at the line where thefur of the cheeks pointing downward meetsthat of the neck pointing forward. Theyvary in their eyes, ear&, and the length andform of the tail. The Long-haired Cats includethe various families known as the Angora, thePersian, the Russian, the Chinese^ and the In-dian. 40 THE CAT The Angora.(Called also Angola.) The Angora Cat, wliicli has a close relationto the Persian, comes from the province ofAngora, in western Asia, which is also well
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Fig. 9.—Angora. known for its goats, with fine, silky, long hair,which is nsed in the manufactnre of softshawls. The Angora has a small head, witha rather short thongh Avell-deflned nose, moreangular than the Persian. The eyes should belarge and full, and harmonious in color with VAIUETIES 41 the coat of the animal. The ears are ratherhirge, with a tuft of hair at the tip; but theydo not h)ok hirge, as they are imbedded in thelong fur which covers the head and neck. Thebody should be long and graceful, and coveredwith a long silky hair, finer than that of thePersian, and hanging in tufts and clusters,with a slight tendency to wooUiness at the baseof the hairs; the legs somewhat short; and thetail long and curving toward the end. Thehair on the tail should be long at the base andshorter toward the end of the tail. The colors of the Angora Cat are varied. Theblack Angoras and dark slate-colors shouldhave orange eyes; and tlie)^, with the bluesand the whites, are the most valued, altho