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Here is a small excerpt from the chapter on Blue-Pointed Siamese contained in the book
"The Complete Siamese (Book of the Breeds)" by
Sally Franklin published by Ringpress Books Ltd (owned by Interpet), 1995. This
book has been rewritten and republished as
"The Complete Siamese". The full chapter can be downloaded by following the links at the bottom of this page. Both the excerpt and the chapter are
reproduced here by the very kind permission of the publisher.
The Blue Pointed Siamese was the next variety of the Siamese breed after the Seal Point to gain recognition in the UK from the Governing Council of the Cat Fancy.
One of the earliest references of all to the existence of the Blue Point Siamese was made by Frances Simpson who in 1902, in her book "The Cat", stated she had heard of Blue Siamese but fanciers did not appear to like them. Apart from the theory that a few Seal Point Siamese carried the gene with them when they were imported into Britain, it was also suggested that the blue colour was introduced by an accidental mating with a Russian Blue at the turn of the century.
Phyl Wade had very little to report on Blue Pointed Siamese in her book "The Siamese Cat" 1934. She did admit that they could be regarded as lovely, with one of the best being Chinky Blue, who became one of the two Blue Point Siamese stud boys of the breeder Grace Cox-Ife.
In June 1936 "Cats and Kittens" magazine published an article by Grace Cox-Ife, who was one of the "champions of the cause" of Blue Pointed Siamese. She described the colour points of the Blue Pointed Siamese as being "silvery blue" with the body colour being of the palest possible cream. Others described the points as stone grey or even a lavender blue colour; perhaps the latter category could have been some of the early Lilac Point Siamese.
Apparently the first Blue Point Siamese kittens were exhibited at the Siamese Cat Club Show in 1926 and interest slowly developed, so that by the 1930's the variety had quite a following of interested breeders. Some cat shows allowed Blue Point Siamese entries into the hall but they were limited in the classes which they could enter.
The variety was recognised by the GCCF on February 19th, 1936 and given the separate breed number of 24a and championship status. From this date onwards, official recognition meant that Blue Point Siamese could compete for awards at cat shows in their own classes.
Even as late as 1937, Phyl Wade wrote that few people knew of the variety. Perhaps she meant the general public; breeders of Siamese were well acquainted with it. However, justice had a strange sense of humour. Ironically, one of the first two Blue Point Siamese to become a Champion in 1936 was Sayo of Bedale, who was actually bred by Mrs. Phyl Wade, owned by Mrs. Greta Hindley, and eventually sold to a New York fancier.
The full chapter can be downloaded in the following formats:-
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