Persian Brown Tabbies
(Breed No. 8)

When asked if I would be interested in doing a Breed Feature on Persian Brown Tabbies for publication in Our Cats I pondered over this and thought “why not” – so I agreed to write something on Breed 8 series, plus Breed 9, Red Tabbies as they seldom get a mention in cat publications. Brown tabbies some will argue should really be called Black tabbies – something do to with the genes, but I am not qualified to talk on this argument, so for me Brownies will remain Brownies.

Currently at shows the Classic Brown Tabby Persian is the one people are most familiar with as the Classic Brown Tabby (8) is the only one in the Breed 8 series that has championship status. I will write about the other colours later.

The dictionary definition of tabby is quite interesting “TABBY – woven fabric, watered taffeta (tabbisilk), watered fabric with calendering (pressing) marking with darker stripes or streaks – possibly originated from Attabiy, the quarter of Baghdad where fabric was woven – also cat, Brownish, tawny or grey cat with darker stripes, an old maid, elderly or gossiping woman” (ah, well I think we will ignore the last definition !!!)

The Tabby cat, as a domestic pet, has been around for a very long time, these were usually shorthairs . It was around the end of the 16th century and early 17th century that longhair tabbies appeared in Europe and through selective breeding over the years the longhair brown tabby became popular as a household pet as they were usually strong healthy cats with affectionate temperaments.

There are often differences of opinion as to what matings produce the best Persian Brown Tabbies and each breeder has their own preferences. In our breeding programmes we have used tabby to tabby, tabby to self - both dilute and dominant and Tabby to Dominant Tortie.
Persian Brown Tabbies with other coat patterns, mackerel etc, can be registered under Breed 8 and can also be used for breeding. This seems rather unfair when in the Exotics and Shorthair sections of the Fancy, most coat patterns have full championship status.

Over a century ago the “Brownie” became a fashionable breed at shows, even having it’s own club Reference books show that a Brown Tabby called Birkdale Ruffie was shown at the Crystal Palace Show in 1896. Miss Frances Simpson who features in many old cat books owned a Brownie, called Persimmon, who I believe was a Champion.

Prior to the 1914-1918 war, Brown tabbies outnumbered many other breeds, Brayfort and Stanhope being some of the notable prefix and in the early 1900’s several cats from these breeders went to the USA.

In the 20’s and 30’s prefix and suffixes such as Trelystan, Bumble Bee and Hadley were known for Brownies. There were others breeding tabbies in those years, but it was only the Trelystan and Hadley lines that were evident when the Cat Fancy started to expand after 1945 at the end of the Second World War.

My first cat show was the National in 1979, and looking at my catalogue I see names such as Penwith - breeder Miss Robson, Helma - Mrs Silverman, Brynbuboo, Mrs Absalom, Larchvale - Mrs Sue Hume, Altanea - Mrs Rouse, Kaiwon - Mrs Conway, Sootsu - Mrs Walker, were all showing Brownies. From these, I think, only the Larchvale prefix is still in use. Sue came up from Devon recently to visit us and another tabby breeder and whilst we were all enjoying a pub lunch we were discussing past times and she said: “I’ve often been asked at shows what my prefix is. When I mention Larchvale, they say ‘ah, Pappillon’” - it’s amazing how some cats are remembered for so long.

Although I wasn’t interested in the Persian Tabby at that time I became friendly with Pauline Rouse of Altanea and much admired kittens sired by Ch.Sireo Jupiter, breeder Mrs Ford. Another of Pauline’s cats was Ch Larchvale Papillon, bred by Sue Hume. Pauline introduced self colour into her Brownie pedigrees by mating a lovely blue male Frallon Little Toff to her tabby females.

In the 80’s, through my friendship with Pauline I also met Fran Alsagoff who was known for tabbies of the Alfresco prefix. I remember from those days another breeder, Janet Green whose tabbies were shown under the Kaleido prefix. Janet nearly always had a camera with her at cat shows and photographs taken by Janet frequently appeared in publications about cats.

My interest in Persian Cats during the 80’s and early 90’s was self colours and Bi/Tri colours and from looking over old catalogues it seems that interest in Persian Brownies waned during this period. The kittens were in demand as pets, as they were so chocolate box to look at, but Brownies were less popular on the showbench with judges, exhibitors and breeders. Unfortunately the few remaining Brown Tabby breeders were struggling to keep the breed going from a very limited gene pool.

In the 80’s the late Thelma Quick fell in love with a Persian Brown Tabby female, Chermicican Witchitipoo, bred by Sylvia and Georges Sanders. George and Sylvia have continued to breed the occasional brownie - one lovely male from more recent years was Champion Chermicican Dramaking. Witchitipoo became a Champion and then Thelma decided she was going to breed Brownies.

At that time there was a tabby breeder, Alison Sapiets, whose prefix was Tabinet. Alison was showing a Brown Tabby Male, Ch. Tabinet Zacharia. Thelma met Alison at a show and asked if she could buy a Brown Tabby male from her. Subsequently Tabinet Nelson, Zacharia’s son, joined the Rejuta household. Nelson’s fantastic markings meant that he gained his Champion title very quickly and in 1988 became the first Brown Tabby Grand Champion (Grand Champion classes started in 1970’s and the Persian Grand class was for both sexes, all Persian breeds and also included semi-longhairs , as this was before the split Longhair and Semi-longhair).

Nelson was entered for the Supreme Show that year. Tragically a few weeks before the show he became ill and died. The wonderful backdrop that had been made for his Supreme pen, remains unused and stored away in our attic.

Following the death of Nelson, Thelma looked to the continent to purchase a brown tabby Persian male but unfortunately a high percentage of brown tabbies bred on the continent have silver in their pedigrees which is not acceptable , then or now, under the GCCF Persian Brown Tabby registration policy. With the help of Mrs Jean Crockart, Thelma was put in touch with Mrs Joan Benson in the USA and eventually Sarouks Sweet William, Sarouks Sheer Delight and Sarouks Californian Poppy came to England.

The arrival of these three Persian Brown Tabbies revived an interest in Brown Tabby breeding which has continued for the last fifteen years. Both Rejuta and Jayjon have had outstanding success with Brownies on the show bench during this time, most of these were mentioned in the obituary article for Gr Ch Sarouks Sweet William which appeared in Our Cats, issue 1057 on the 11th February so I won’t list them again here.

Judge, David Redfeldt, e-mailed me from Washington recently and said that he and his wife went to stay with Thelma and Reg Quick and it was a wonderful visit as there were kitten, adolescent and adult Persian Brown Tabbies for him to see and seeing them was a valuable experience for him as a judge because for a number of years there had been so few Brown Tabbies shown.
Worthy of mention here are two Brownies from the first litter of Jayjon Brownies. Ch Jayjon Juno and her litter brother Premier Jayjon Jupiter. After years of trying to breed from Juno we reluctantly had her spayed and she has a happy home with some friends. Jupiter started life as the runt of the litter, but he was dearly loved by my seven-year-old granddaughter Hayleigh.

She spoilt him so much by carrying him around all the time she was at my home that I gave him to her. She then asked if she could show him - we waited until he had grown before taking him to shows. I bathed him, Hayleigh did the rest of his show preparation and she was so proud when he gained his Premier title. We didn’t progress for Grand as Jupiter had other ideas and took a dislike to show days.

Di Cooke of Firanty prefix was one of the first breeders to buy a kitten from a litter of Rejuta kittens from a Sarouks mating. Ch Rejuta Yankidolli. Dolli proved to be homozygous, producing brownies every litter. For several years we saw some lovely kittens from Dolli on the shown bench. Ch Firanty Sigourney, Gr Ch F Rockerfella, Ch F Caprice. Hermione and Gr Pr F Starsnstripes and Gr Ch & Pr F Ultraplus Stripes, and Premier F Daniel who was shown by Iona Pettit.

Jean and Alan Ashton bought Firanty StarnStripes. Colour-wise this was quite a departure from their usual blues and whites. They retired him from the bench when he became a Grand Premier.
Gr Ch Firanty Rockerfella went to Wendy Wallace of Vivaldi Persians. The first litter sired by Rocky was to Jayjon Sequin, a little pure blue girl I had sold to Wendy. This mating produced a stunning tabby male, Grand Premier Vivaldi Rupert.

Another breeder who bred some lovely tabbies from her tabby girl, Rejuta Simply Apricot was Annie Croot. From the Bracie prefix came Ch B Bethena, Ch B Barnum.

A chance meeting, at a veterinary surgery, between Reg Quick and Doreen Rouse of Leeromax led to Rejuta Helga joining Doreen’s household. Helga was a very special cat as she was from the first litter of kittens sired by William after a break of almost two years. Helga also proved to be homozygous, having produced tabbies only throughout nine years of being a Mum. Helga has been mated to colourpoints, producing some lovely colourpoint carriers, Ch Leeroxmax Gabrielle Ofbrensham (owners Mr & Mrs Jones, Brensham Colourpoints) and Ch Leeromax Talliana Ofportia (owned by Mr & Mrs Prestidge). Talliana is the mother of Portia Missi Leonie, who was Best Longhair kitten at the Supreme 2004.

However the biggest success stories for Doreen have come from Helga being mated to Brownies or Selfs. The lovely Ch.Leeromax Selandi was BIS at the Tabby Cat Club Show in 2003.
Gretta Hall Tamlyn owns three Leeromax neutered brown Tabbies, L Broden, Gr Pr & Int Premier Leeromax Garfield, 11 times Best in Show (some of these were at FIFe shows and two were actually on the continent). Premier Leeromax Marwood has also been a winner for Greta but unfortunately his show career has been rather restricted as he has a reaction to boosters. Now this problem has been sorted out we shall probably be seeing him on the show bench once again. These two neuters were sired by Gr Ch Jayjon Lucien.

Iona Pettit is currently showing another Leeromax brownie, Pr Leeromax Hesastar. Currently Star has two Grand Premier Certificates. Iona’s first Brown Tabby neuter was Pr Firanty Daniel.
Julie Mather of Stowaway Persians was showing a pretty brownie female, Hoipolloi Ballerina and I invited her to my place for a coffee and a cat chat. I showed her the kittens we had at the time and she phoned next day to ask if one of them was for sale. She thought he was “something special”. Julie bought Jayjon Lucien in partnership with Geoff Chapman. Lucien was from a mating of GC Sarouks Sweet William and Paddocks Roxanne. Lucien had an outstanding show career, a champion before he was 12 months old, and a Grand before he was 15 months. In 1998 he took five consecutive Best in Shows, three of these were at All breed Shows where he took Overall Best. Lucien was awarded 14 Grand Challenge Certificate and one UK Grand before retiring from the show bench. - he was as Julie said “something Special”.

From Julie’s prefix we saw Ch Stowaway Quickstep Kathy and her daughter Stowaway Just Abbeygale. Abbey was handreared and because Julie was working she had a rota of dedicated helpers who kept the feeding going. Julie and friends were well rewarded when Abbey went Best in Show at the Tabby Cat Club Show 2001 on her debut outing.

North of the Border, Scottish Breeder Jim Whitson of Magarosa Persians has had success from a programme of Persian Tabby Breeding that started with Ch Alia Calendar Girl.

Jim’s first Brown Tabby male was Jayjon Boniface who became a Grand Premier. Boniface was neutered because Jim had an agreement with myself, the Jayjon breeder, that Boniface could sire one litter for Jim and then was to be neutered. From this one mating Jim had the lovely Champion Magarosa The Nutcracker. I was to have a change of heart over the situation and later offered Jim Jayjon Superstripe as an entire male. Superstripe is now a Grand Champion. Superstripe has sired some lovely kittens for Jim, Ch M Brownedoff, M Brown Derby, Ch Magarosa Brownsugar and more.

A mating of Superstripe to Mrs M Laird’s blue girl UK Gr Ch Galianbr Tanzanite produced the lovely Brownie, Forever Stickytofy Pudding. Toffee is owned by Eileen Hillis who was persuaded to show Toffee at the Caledonian shown in 2003 and in just twelve months of showing Toffee became Grand Champion, taking her last Grand Certificate and Over Best in Show at the Caledonian in 2004. This photograph of Toffee relaxing at home was taken by Eileen. Toffee is now retired from the show bench.

Our good friend Hilda Wright has flown the flag for Brownies by showing neuters for a number of years. Pr R First Edition and Topliner. Gr Pr J Leander (litter brother to Gr Ch Jayjon Lucien) and Champion and Gr Pr J Calif. Calif was from the first litter of Gr Ch J Traditionalstyle. Calif gained his three titles and took Best in Show Persian Neuter at the North of Britain 2003, before reaching 20 months of age.

Diane Hunt of Mystere Persians was thrilled when her Mystere Ziegfriedline became a champion. Diane is also the breeder of Gr Ch & Gr Pr Mystere Rufisrascal who was owned and shown by Mrs E Petrie.

I actually own a Firanty Brownie, Ivana, now going on for nine years of age. She has produced some lovely kittens for me, one of which Ch Jayjon Jennywren is owned by June Bagley.
A high percentage of Brownies being currently shown do have pedigrees with Sarouks / Rejuta / Jayjon way down the ancestral line, however the Honeymist Breeder, Marlene Howes has had success with tabbies that are not related to these lines - Ch H Fantabulous, Ch H Brown Fabienne, Ch H Brown Fable and Ch H Brown Phoenyx, H Brown Fuschia. Currently Marlene is showing a little tabby female but unfortunately she hasn’t sent me any details.

Joan Hammet of Shou
Persians, has a handsome
Brownie from the TracylooePrefix, Ch Tracylooe Hamlet.
Two brownies from our breeding went to Karen Nursey of Countrygirl Persians. Ch Jayjon Chrissie, who unfortunately decided that motherhood was not for her, and Rejuta Lottie. Lottie has had some lovely kittens but not quite the colours Karen wanted as she is still looking for a suitable Brownie male.

The Tabby Club I referred to earlier in this article had ceased to exist and in May 1969 The Tabby Cat Club held it’s inaugural meeting to cater for the needs of Persian and Short Hair pedigree Tabbies as it was felt that these were now very much a minority group. It was realised that a large percentage of household pets were tabbies and there was no club catering for their needs either and so the role of the club was extended to include membership of people who owned these household pets.

I don’t recognise the names of the people who attended these first meetings apart from one, Mrs Helen Light, one of our present day judges.

The Club became affiliated to the GCCF in 1972, by which time it had a membership of over 100 and was eligible to have a Delegate at GCCF meetings. Currently the club has Delegates at Council and delegates also play an important role on the PTBAC.

TTCC holds a Championship show every year which is always a very enjoyable occasion, well supported by tabby breeders. The Club also has a table at a number of shows throughout the year. Anyone interested in Tabbies and wishing to join the Club should contact Mrs Betty Conway, Hon Secretary, 42 Roseacre Drive Heald Green, Cheadle, Cheshire SK8 7UP.
This information on TTCC has been taken from the club’s Gazette with the kind permission of Betty who is also President of the Club.

I have reproduced here a paragraph from the 2004 Gazette relating to an agenda item from a meeting held in 1969…….

“Also on the agenda was an item to consider the present charges for Tabby kittens. Mrs Light felt there was a tendency to undercharge simply because they were ‘tabbies’ (how things have changed!). Eventually after discussion it was proposed by Mrs Light and seconded by Mrs Rosell that the recommended minimum price for SH tabby kittens would be eight guineas and ten guineas for longhair tabby kittens”

Before moving on to other tabbies in Breed 8 series, I will mention the subject of PKD scanning.
To scan or not is very much a personal preference at the moment in the Persian section. A number of years ago I owned, in partnership with another breeder, a longhair cat who had cost us, what was in those days, quite a lot of money. The cat never developed and at a very young age we lost her with PKD. At that time no-one was writing much about this disease in publications and no-one told us that PKD was an inherited problem.

Since that time quite a lot has been written on this subject and three or four years ago I had someone wanting to buy a Tabby kitten from me but she would only buy if the parents were PKD negative.

I read up a lot on the subject that I downloaded from the Internet and then took the very difficult decision of having Gr Ch Sarouks Sweet William scanned, knowing that if he proved positive a whole decade of trying to widen the Persian Tabby gene pool would have been wasted.

I can’t explain what I felt as a friend and I drove to Langford for the scanning that day. Frances Barr, the ultrasonographer, told us what she would be looking for on the screen and showed us some example slides. I stood there and held my breath, I was shaking as William’s kidneys came into view on the screen. It was confirmed his kidneys were clear of any signs of cysts, as was the female I took with me. It was a great relief.

I now have all my breeding cats scanned, it is quite a traumatic thing and at present I am reading up on the DNA testing that is available.

I won’t say who this Brownie is, I think she would have done well as a model for Louis Wain.
I have enjoyed putting this article together and was quite surprised that there was so much to include. A number of times over the years other breeders and exhibitors have said that it is easy for a Persian Tabby to gain it’s champion title as there are not about.

I have listened to this argument very patiently before saying that these cats do go on to get their Grand titles and this is against all Non-self colours and I do know that these lovely tabbies frequently go home from shows having had an “All Red Card” day.In Breed 9, we have the lovely Red Tabbies, again only classic coat pattern is acceptable for showing. Unfortunately there are not many being shown but they are truly beautiful with deep rich red markings on a bright apricot ground. Often when in full coat the markings become diffused and when looking around at shows one can see Self Red Persians that show more stripes.

Over the last few years, some memorable red tabbies have been shown. Joan Hammet’s Shou Yapet became a Grand Champion. He retired from the show bench with nine Challenge Certificates and four Grand Challenge Certificates - two of these Grands came at two consecutive Supreme Shows and he was Best of Breed every time shown.

And Joan’s Champion Rejuta Edwardian Dandy was another handsome red tabby male, but unfortunately his coat pattern was never clear enough to gain top honours in Grand Classes.
Julie Mather’s Champion & Premier Rejuta Ohmargodd retired from the show bench with two Grand Premier Certificates. Ohmar always carried a profuse coat and this prevented his marking from being clear. Ohmar was Best in Show neuter at The Tabby Cat Club show in 2003.
Another red tabby male that comes to mind is Grand Ch Caszan Redhot Ofrobimax, bred by Mrs C. Gainsbury. Carole has written to tell me that this lovely boy was bred from USA lines and he is a colourpoint carrier. I have not seen this lovely male for some time but I do remember that he had a really rich red, well marked coat.

Since starting this article I have been very pleased with the response from a number of breeders that I have approached and here is a picture of another stunning Grand Champion Red Tabby male that has been sent in to me. Grand Champion Mystere Jaspercarat. The picture was taken by his proud breeder/owner, Diane Hunt.

Jo Stephens of Peradon Persians was searching for a red tabby male as a suitable mate for her black girl and her brown tabby, Champion Rejuta Wendelin. She had had very little luck but on “surfing the net” she discovered someone wanting to rehome a red tabby boy. Jo discussed this with the breeder of the male before she made a trip to the Midlands. She was pleased with what she saw and Shou Touchedby Fire returned to the South Coast to live. Jo is expecting a baby herself so she is in for a busy summer with new baby and kittens.

Mary Rollerson of Khatinka Persians is eagerly anticipated the first kittens sired by her lovely red male Champion Shou Bonivar. Mary hails from Wisbech on the Cambridge/Norfolk borders. The photograph of Bonivar was taken by his owner Mary and clearly shows his markings.

At The Tabby Cat Club Show in 2001, Reg Quick showed two red tabby female kittens, litter sister. Rejuta Tamiko and Rejuta Aimee. These two red girls made their presence very much known by making an ear splitting noise when they thought they were not getting any attention. Tamiko is now owned by Mrs June Bagley, of Junipuss Persians (known for her lovely Persian Silver tabbies). Tamiko became a Champion and at the Supreme Show 2003 she gained her third Grand Certificate. It is believed (and has never been disputed) that she was the first Persian Red Tabby female to become a Grand Champion.

Rejuta Aimee went to live with Sue Fay and Bragamour Persians. Aimee gained her Championship title, and is the mother of a lovely red tabby male who has recently been seen on the show bench

Gr Ch Rejuta Tamiko and Ch Rejuta Aimee were from a mating of Questa Dads Double (4) and Rejuta Felicia (8e).

Recently Andrew Bennett was delighted when the lovely male he was showing, Noradawn Sheirkahn, became a Premier. Sheirkahn was bred by Nora Rudkin. This handsome male was registered as a Red Tabby and as such he gained his Premier title but it was not all plain sailing. Several judges had queried whether Sheirkahn was redtabby or red self. He was from a self/tabby mating and the GCCF have now re-registered him as a Self. His Premier title still stands and Andrew is now hoping that Sheirkahn will gain his Grand title as a Self. Good Luck to Sheirkahn and Andrew for the future.

I have written about our friend Hilda Wright showing neutered brownies, but she also has a red tabby male. Champion and Premier Rejuta Jazz King. Jazz is from the very last litter sired by Gr Ch Sarouks Sweet William. I mention here that Hilda had a kitten from the first and last litter sired by William. Jazz King was awarded his first Grand Premier Certificate at The Lancashire Cat Club show recently.BLUE Tabby, 8a; Chocolate Tabby, 8b; Lilac Tabby, 8c; Cream Tabby, 8f; (Black)Tortie Tabby, 8e; Blue Tortie Tabby, 8g; Chocolate Tortie Tabby, 8h; and Lilac Tortie Tabby, 8j; are all Provisional and therefore are only awarded Intermediate Certificates when winning an Open class.

Tabby breeders have tried to get these other colours recognised for a number of years and it had been hoped that we would see them move to Championship status in June this year - unfortunately the appropriate BAC meeting was held too late for the proposal to go to Council for approval for 2005 and we now have to wait until 2006. It is also hoped that other coat patterns will also be given the go ahead to be shown in the show season commencing June 2006.
A Blue Tabby female, Perky Venusinbluejeans, bred by Audrey Green and owned by Doreen Rouse, was shown as a kitten, taking Best in Show Persian Kitten at the Wyvern in 1992. She was retired from the show bench after gaining four Merits. Venus, now a well cushioned neutered old lady, was from a mating of Saberlla Perkyspride (8) to Tamujin Hippoltya (13b2) and Venus has always part of Doreen’s colourpoint breeding programme.

Colourpoints were first granted recognition by the GCCF in 1955, following a number of years of careful breeding by a few dedicated breeders wishing to produce the desired look. Colourpoint matings have produced a number of Brownies and “Any Other Colour” Tabby - these offspring are Colourpoint carriers and are very useful to Colourpoint Breeding programmes, less so in Tabby breeding as the eye colour tends to fade quickly and coat colour can be a little cold.


Another breeder from Scotland, Margo Nixon, Markiz prefix, recently emailed me a photograph of a lovely Blue Tabby male kitten that she has bred., Markiz Makemyday. He is shown in this picture with his litter sister Markiz Mustbelove who is a Blue Tortie Tabby.

Margo is the breeder of Blue Tortie Tabby (8g) Markiz Just Maria, who captured the hearts of judges and visitors alike at the 2004 Tabby Cat Club Show. She had an all red card day and was Best in Show Longhair kitten. Maria is from a previous mating that produced the two kittens photographed above. She is also the great,great,great grand-daughter of Gr Ch Sarouks Sweet William .

At the Lancashire Cat Club Show last week Maria was awarded her first Intermediate Certificate
Diane Hunt of Mystere Persians has become very involved in Persian Tabby breeding and has send me some photographs of Breeds 8b, 8c and 8g for inclusion in this article.

One of my personal favourites is the Tortie Tabby (8e). Tortie Tabbies occur in litters where Brown Tabby is mated to Self Red or Tortie, This colour has been around a long time but mostly they are sold as pets as people who want to show and breed only want a cat that can become a Champion. Tortie tabbies are so useful when one is striving to breed the very elusive Red Tabby female.

When I married Reg Quick, a lovely Tortie tabby bred by him and his late wife Thelma, came here with the rest of the Rejuta cats, her name was Rejuta Marigold. Marigold had an all red card day on her first show outing and went on to gain a number of Merits (this was before Tortie tabbies had Intermediate status)

One of Marigold’s daughters, Rejuta Felicia, is now nine-years-old and neutered. She has been well shown, very often a show manager has asked whether we have “Any Other Colour” tabbies to show because of Probationer Judges needs to do assessments.

Felicia was awarded her Merit on every outing as an Adult except for once and on most occasions had an all red card day, which just goes to prove that Tortie Tabbies can complete with the best. A number of Felicia’s offspring, both self and striped, had successful show careers gaining Grand Champion/Grand Premier, Champion and Premier titles.

In 2004 we had two superb tortie tabbies, Jayjon Reseda and Jayjon Something Pretty. We showed Reseda several times before she took up residence in Scotland, on each occasion she won her open and Best of Breed. Something Pretty went to live in Kent in the home of a shorthaired breeder, Denise Conway. Denise made a superb job of preparing Pretty for her shows, winning several Opens and BOBs before retiring from the show scene.

A winner at her first two shows in 2005 is Tortie Tabby Jayjon Sienna. Sienna has now joined Sue Hume of Larchvale Persians.

Angie Ruddick of Katange Persians, better known for Colourpoints, is the proud owner of a Tortie Tabby, Leeromax Gwennie Reynolds. Gwennie has only been shown once, at North of Britain 2003, and has since spent her time being a mum. Angie told me recently that Gwennie is nursing a superb litter of seven kittens at present - an unusually large litter for a Persian.