Persian Breed Council Ballot
Results
January 2000
CALICO AND BI-COLOR DIVISION
| Total Members: | 73 |
| Ballots Received: | 42 |
| 60% of Voting: | 26 |
1. Revise the description of eye color for all cats in the Calico and Bi-Color Division by removing the descriptions 'brilliant copper' or "to conform to the currently established (patched) tabby pattern requirements' in all color definitions and add the following paragraph to the Standards at the beginning of the Calico and Bi-Color Division section:
EYE COLOR: brilliant copper, blue or odd-eyed, with noted exception. Odd-eyed Bi-colors shall have one blue and one copper eye with equal color depth. EXCEPTION: Silver Tabby and White, Silver Patched Tabby and White, Blue Silver Tabby and White and Blue Silver Patched Tabby and White and these colors in the Van pattern may also have green or hazel eye color. These colors in odd-eyed shall have one blue and one green, hazel or brilliant copper eye with equal color depth.
RATIONALE: Blue eyed and odd-eyed cats are occurring naturally in the Calico and Bi-color Division. It seems that Odd-eyed or Blue-eyed cats that occur in the same litter as a Copper-eyed Calico and Bi-color should also be accepted for championship status.
YES: 27
NO: 15
SMOKE AND SHADED DIVISION
| Total Members: | 21 |
| Ballots Received: | 16 |
| 60% of Voting: | 10 |
1. PROPOSED: That the paragraph below be added to the standard as a 'Note' just prior to the smoke color definitions (BLACK SMOKE, BLUE SMOKE, CREAM SMOKE, RED SMOKE, TORTOISESHELL SMOKE and BLUE-CREAM SMOKE):
During seasonal coat color changes on both kittens and adults, the 'reverse' color on the kitten or adult is to be considered a NORMAL coat color change. At the root it may appear that the primary smoke color turns white a short distance up the hair shaft and then reverts back to the primary color. The tipping during this coat color phase may consume most of the hair shaft with only minimal white color deep in the coat.
RAITONALE: When a smoke coat has grown in fully, the primary color is located on the end of the hair shaft at varied degrees. However, when the coat is growing in, allowance must be made for the growth process. This variation happens to kittens while they are developing "coat" and to adults twice a year. Not to allow and recognize this natural process is to greatly hinder the smoke's competitiveness in the show ring.
YES: 10
NO: 6
SILVER AND GOLDEN DIVISION
| Total Members: | 68 |
| Ballots Received: | 50 |
| 60% of Voting: | 30 |
1. Accept the following colon for championship status:
BLUE CHINCHILLA SILVER: undercoat white. Coat on back, flanks, and tail sufficiently tipped with blue to give the characteristic sparkling appearance. Face and legs may be slightly shaded with tipping. Chin, ear tufts, stomach and chest, pure white. Rims of eyes, lips and nose outlined with blue. Nose leather: OLD ROSE. Paw pads: BLUE OR OLD ROSE. Eye color: GREEN OR BLUE-GREEN. Disqualify for incorrect eye color. (Incorrrect eye color being copper, yellow, gold, amber, or any color other than green or blue-green).
BLUE SHADED SILVER: undercoat white with a mantle of blue tipping shading down from the sides, face and tail from dark on the ridge (of the back) to white on the chin, chest, stomach, and under the tail. Legs to be the same tone as the face. The general effect to be much darker than the Chinchilla. Rims of eyes, lips and nose outlined with blue. Nose leather: OLD ROSE. Paw pads: BLUE OR OLD ROSE. Eye color: GREEN OR BLUE-GREEN. Disqualify for incorrect eye color. (Incorrect eye color being copper, yellow, gold, amber or any color other than green or blue-green).
RATIONALE: Blue silver is a genetically possible established color which is approved for championship competition in other breeds. These colors can be obtained from colors already accepted in the Persian breed. It is not a color fault. The color blue is due to a recessive gene which can be carried for generations without manifestation. Blue is a naturally occurring color in Silver and Golden lines where the dilute gene is present. It can appear at any time when both parents have the dilute factor. The BLUE SILVER can be produced directly from a "SILVER" to "SILVER" breeding even though one or both parents may not have had a dilute ancestor within as many as ten generations, or more. Just as a 'solid' blue is the dilute version of "solid" black, the BLUE SILVER is a dilute version of a CHINCHILLA/SHADED SILVER. Acceptance of the blue chinchilla and blue shaded silver for championship competition will allow these attractive cats recognition in the show ring and make possible an expansion of the gene pool.
YES: 27
NO:23
2. Accept the following colors for Championship status:
BLUE CHINCHILLA GOLDEN: undercoat cream. Coat on back, flanks, head and tail sufficiently with blue to give golden appearance. Face and legs may be slightly shaded with tipping. Chin, ear stomach and chest, cream. Rims of eyes, lips nose outlined with blue. Nose leather: OLD ROSE. Paw pads: BLUE OR OLD ROSE. Eye color: GREEN or BLUE-GREEN. Disqualify for incorrect eye color (Incorrect eye color being copper, yellow, gold, or any color other than green or blue-green).
BLUE SHADED GOLDEN: undercoat cream with mantle of blue tipping shading down from sides, and tail from dark on the ridge (of the back) to cream on the chin, chest, stomach and under the tail. to be the same tone as the face. The general effect to be much darker than the chinchilla. Rims of eyes, lips and nose outlined with blue. Nose leather: OLD ROSE. Paw Pads: BLUE ON OLD ROSE. Eye color GREEN or BLUE-GREEN. Disqualify for incorrect eye color. (Incorrect eye color being copper, yellow, gold, amber, or any color other than green or blue-green.
RATIONALE: These colors are obtained from colors already recognized by CFA for Championship status in the Persian Breed - Silver/Golden Division, Chinchilla and Shaded Golden Persian. Born from Golden to Golden breeding, the Blue Chinchilla Golden and the Blue Shaded Golden are a reality now seen competing in Canada and Europe (in non-CFA shows). These colors are the result of of the dilute gene in Golden -recessive- passing from generations behind. Blue is a naturally occurring color in Silver and Golden lines where the dilute gene is present and can appear at any time. Just as a "solid" blue is the dilute of a "solid" black, the Blue-Golden is the dilute version of the Chinchilla/Shaded Golden. Genetically these colors are as much a possibilty as the Blue Silver Tabby (already approved for championship status in CFA).
YES: 27
NO:23
