Fancy Cats: A PRACTICAL TREATISE ON THEIR VARIETIES, ILLUSTRATED. By JOHN JENNINGS. LONDON: L. UPCOTT GILL, 170, STRAND, W.C. NEW YORK: CHAS. SCRIBNER'S SONS, 153-157, FIFTH AVENUE. 1901. PREFACE. AMONG several features suggested by the increasing popularity of Cats, both in domestic life and in the still more important arena of exhibitions, none is more prominent than the need of a book containing concise information of a practical character, embodying the many requirements of the period, and brought up to date. In response to a wish expressed by many friends, with whom, especially as a frequent adjudicator, I have long been associated, this work is written, with the earnest hope that its many details will prove acceptable, as no pains have been spared to make its contents reliable. It is hardly necessary to state that but very few attain a high position in breeding varieties of Cat to the standard which our chief exhibitions now demand. Thus, it is important that my readers should understand that the information herein contained is not entirely the result of my own experience, but is also derived from specialists, who have as breeders and exhibitors especially distinguished themselves. |