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MAINE
COON BREED SOCIETY
STANDARD
OF POINTS
For
some time, the MAINE
COON BREED ADVISORY
COMMITTEE on behalf
of the breeders belonging
to the two constituent
clubs (ourselves and
the Maine Coon Cat Club)
have been seeking to
alter our registration
numbers in order to
be able to track the
different patterns of
tabby cats being bred,
registered, and shown
under GCCF.
We
have now heard that
Governing Council have
agreed the changes,
and that new registrations
will start to be issued
straight away.
WHAT THIS MEANS FOR
YOU AS A BREEDER..
When
sending in your registrations,
it will be helpful if
you state whether the
kitten is a CLASSIC
or MACKEREL pattern.
You will find the new
numbering for both below.
The new system WHICH
IS FOR TABBY PATTERNED
CATS ONLY is much easier
to navigate. If your
cat is a CLASSIC it’s
number will now be 64.41.
Added to this will be
various suffixes to
denote any colour other
than brown – for example,
a brown tortie tabby
with white will be 64.41ew
(e being tortie, and
w being white). The
old 64.20 and 64.31
will no longer be used.
If
you have already sent
in a registration application,
and have stated whether
the kittens are classic
or mackerel then you
will be issued the new
numbering automatically.
If
you haven’t stated the
pattern, then GCCF will
contact you for clarification
before issuing the registration
certificates.
WHAT THIS MEANS FOR
YOU AS AN EXHIBITOR
UNDER GCCF
When
sending in your show
entry, use whatever
coding appears on your
cat’s registration form.
Show managers, and judges,
will be given information
on the changes, and
will expect cats exhibiting
both old and new numbers
to appear in their classes
– as both pattern tabbies
are entered in the same
class, it makes little
difference.
CHANGES
TO THE LEVEL OF WHITE
ALLOWED
With
effect from June 1st
2007 the 1/3rd white
permissible has been
raised to allow for
a higher level of white.
Van pattern is not allowed.
Click
here
to go to the New standard
of points and breed
numbering
page
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