CATS’ BLUE EYES
EFFECT OF CLIMATE ON SIAMESE BREED LONDON, September 23. British climatic conditions have produced a depth of pure blue in the eyes of Siamese cats never before equalled in the history of the breed. This was the view of two judges at the fifteenth annual championship show of the Siamese Cat Club, held at the Drill Hall, Chenies street, W. Mme. d’Ollone, of New York, a member of the New Jersey Cat Club, who crossed the Atlantic specially to judge at the show, said: “The eye colour is superlative. This is the loveliest collection of cats I have ever seen.” She has been a breeder for more than 30 years. The other judge who noticed the deeper eye colour was Mrs BarnesLawrence, who comes from Siam. She was chosen because of her birth nationality to award a new prize for the kitten with most charm, regardless of show points. , “The English climate has something io do with the deeper blue of the cats’ eyes,” she said. “When the cats come to Siam the eyes become paler.”
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Southland Times, Issue 23647, 24 October 1938, Page 11
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