![]() ![]() This is not a factor in the show ring since judges are not judging the heredity of the cat. Most red tabbies are out of solid color breedings. There are blacks with tabby marks and blues with tabby marks that are not shown as tabbies, nor will they ever produce what I consider to be the determining factor, a brown tabby, blue tabby or silver tabby. ![]() The vast majority of red tabbies that are shown in the Tabby Persian division are “tabbied” reds. I must make a distinction about tabbies based on my experience with them. Huge Tabby divisions were common in the Northeast in the late 1970s and early 1980s. When I flew to Maryland, I got to meet other Tabbyland cats and Beverly Witbeck herself. GC Tabbylands Timothy of Gold Coast (a wonderful agouti red classic tabby bred by Beverly Witbeck) lived in Miami. One of the best things that resulted from my travels with Rocky was that I was introduced to the Tabby Persian division. He was, for the most part, different from the other tabbies of his day, as he had a copious coat and extreme type. Prior to Rocky my introduction to the Tabby Persian was through GC Palmetto’s Sunchaser, a gorgeous shaded cameo tabby bred and owned by Pat Lichtenberg. In 1981 he was CFA’s Best Red Mackerel Tabby Persian (I think he was the only one). I even flew to Pennsylvania (from Miami) for FOUR points to get his grand, and we went to Chicago and to the Pennsylvania Poconos in mid-winter. I was a rank novice at the time, so I took him everywhere. When I got “Rocky” he was an eight-week-old red kitten with stripes EVERYWHERE! Rocky grew and he grew. My romance with Tabby Persians began when I acquired GC Harwood Rock Promise of Marhei from Dorothy Persson almost 20 years ago. ![]()
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