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The Russian Blue an Early History of the Breed (before Anita of Finlandia picture) Cassimir of Elsdorff born Jan 17. 1945 Muzette of Rosso, born May 17, 1945. with litter and with "Annie-. litter sister of Anita of Finlandia Bayard, son of Archangel import 019a. born 1898 Breeder/owner '4,- 5 CarewCox Ch Dunloe Domkovitch (Lela Do, bluepoint Siamese x Gedling Mokey). born Sept I2. 1951. and Legionnaire La Vedette (Dunloe Kabushin x Legionnaire Cigarette). born Jan 7, 1950) Jennymay kittens The Russian Blue An Early History of the Breed by Ingeborg Urcia (after Anita of Finlandia) Int Ch Agaton av Olsenburg. born March 16, 1950 250 Cat fanciers enjoy telling charming stones quite clear. even Mrs Carew-Cox remarks that were made to reestablish the breed. hardly any about the origins of their chosen breed Some it is often impossible to predict eye color in kit- Russian Blues were left to work with So the were supposedly raised as sacred cats in tens before four months. since it changes fre- breeders turned to a breed which so frequent- temples of the East. others graced the palace of quently between yellow and green Probably the ly has helped establish other. newer breeds royalty. others again brought fortune and actual eye color was not all that different from namely the Siamese Gedling Mokey. a cat of prosperity and were highly priced in their home our modern Russian Blues. and Mrs Carew-Cox unknown ongin but apparently Russian Blue ap- country The Russian Blue breed has a share of may have taken her preference for yellow or pearance and described as a "wartime find such stones but fascinating as they may be. they gold from the eye color of the blue Persian rather was bred to a Siamese. Lela Do (see pedigree are also very fanciful There is absolutely no fac- than from actuality *2) From these two. as well as a few older Rus- tual evidence that either the Tsar of Russia. or As a breeder. Mrs Carew-Cox kept detailed sian Blues. developed the famous Dunloe line Queen Elizabeth I of England, or even Queen notes. and her comments on her cats are With the infusion of Siamese. the Russian Blue Victoria ever possessed a pair of Russian Blues fascinating for us today as they create a vivid pic- of postwar Britain took on a definite Siamese - they may have been cat haters for all we know ture of the breed in its early days look. in fact it even lost its name temporanly and And as to the highly dramatic story about Rus- "1890 I received Kola, a very pretty blue and was referred to as Foreign Blue in contrast to the sian Cossacks indulging in midnight torch rides white cat she came from the Kola peninsula, and Domestic Blue (Bntish Shorthau and Chanreux with their faithful Russian Blues clinging to their after having changed hands on the high seas In 1948. however. the Governing Council of the shoulders (ouch'). it most certainly belongs to the several times. was traded for a leg of mutton on Cat Fancy recognized the Russian Blue again as realm of fiction In fact. there is still some dispute the London docks Kola was a very lovable lit- a breed and accepted the following standar:: as whether the Russian Blue really came from tle cat with a very round face and very soft fur which was slightly revised in 1952 that country, although evidence does point to a She lived till November 1900 "The Russian Blue cat is quite different Iron-. northern origin Our earliest records of the "Lingpupo - a very beautiful blue was imported the ordinary European shorthair cat since it :s breed, however. come from England from Archangel. with excellent colour. a fairly slender and long (Egyptian type). of gracefu: I The Russian Blue in England. Recorded long face and legs, muscular and graceful. with built. long. narrow head. narrow skull. and slop- evidence proves that the breed made its ap- strangely lethargic movements and elegant car- ing forehead The chief trait which distinguishes pearance in England as early as 1875 A riage I bought her in 1893 when she was seven it from all other European shorthairs is the short newspaper report about one of the earliest months old " shiny coat The Russian Blue has longer legs thah British cat shows held at the Famed Crystal "Moscow" (1893) was a very successful stud the Chanreux and is of more delicate built Palace in London in 1875 speaks of "a very and father of many kittens He won many firsts Fur Short and flat lying. shiny handsome cat coming from Archangel. the and special awards He died in 1897 while I was Body and Tail Elongated. elegant bristle port They should be particularly furry. away from home body. graceful lines. delicate and give traces of their semipolar ongm. but they "In 1895 Lady Marcus Beresford gave me a very bones and light type Very long do not, they resemble mostly the common grey pretty little male with a very thick coat and very and thin tail. pointed Long than wild rabbit They leave the long. loose. furry compact body legs. small. well shaped feet habit to the Persian and Angora cats " (Magazine "Olga came to me in 1893 or 1894 and is still Head and neck The skull is at of the Cat Protection League. Oct 1981) Ob- living She was imported and in her time a big and narrow. the forehead slop- viously a blue cat named Archangel cat after its winner Olga is the mother of Bayard who was ing. the head and neck are place of ongm had already found its niche in the born in 1898 and whose sue was King Vladimir " elongated. giving the body a soft British cat fancy • Tashoda was born in 1896 and was imported snakelike and movable ap- Although the Russian origin of the breed can- She was big and strong and a repeated winner pearance " not be confirmed beyond doubt, it is interesting "Odessa is the daughter of Fashoda and If one visualizes this description. a blue cat not that most known early specimens did come from Bluegown unlike our modern Oriental shorthair appears Russia Mrs Carew-Cox of Saffron-Walden. "Yula came to me in the year 1901. imported No wonder that Brian Vesey-Fitzgerald states Essex, one of the earliest breeders. describes from Archangel' (Cats, Penguin PH 30 1957) that • the Rimc,.ar. her cats in a book entitled The Cat by Mrs 'Sing Sing is the cat who as a kitten had black is not a breed but only a name for a cat of a ce: Simpson (1903) "Blue shorthaired cats. many of stripes along the spine It was born on Easter tam type and color " One of the ch:ef them imported from Northern Russia make very Monday 1899 and came from Fashoda and characteristics of the Russian Blue. the desirable pets. possessing the great intelligence Muchado • short double coat seems to have totally c sap usually to be met with in all shorthaired breeds "Muchado who has sired so many prize winn- peared in the late forties and fifties Another :ra• A Russian cat should be of an even shade of blue ing kittens is a son of Mrs Herring's deceased authority. P M Soderberg (Pedigreed Cats. throughout. even the skin itself being often • in champion Roguey and my Lingpopo I sold him Cassel. London) laments in the fifties that there fact generally - of a bluish tinge Kittens frequent- as a kitten. but after he had had two different are no Russian Blues today who are distinausr.- ly have body markings when very young. but in owners he came back to me Now he will never ed by such (i e thick and plushy) coat purebred specimens these usually become leave me until he is called to the happy hunting When the Russian Blues at that time appeareg effaced before they are many weeks old The grounds which - as I hope - are prepared for all on the show bench they did so against other blue shape of the head in many of those imported is faithful creatures beyond the veil breeds. chiefly the domestic type and usua1.y more pointed than round. indeed. some have Mrs Carew-Cox's description of her cats lost. no wonder since they must have presentee long. lean pointed heads and faces. with big illustrates that a large number of Russian Blues, a rather nondescript appearance Howe-:e: ears Some imported blues are very round in at least the ones that featured in English determined breeders were at work to change face and head with tiny ears and eyes set rather breedings at the turn of the century. actually had this. foremost among them Mrs Marie Rochfcrd wide apart These are surely the prettiest. but Russian ongin Especially interesting is her men- of Dunloe cattery Gradually. Dunloe cats began of course it cannot be denied that the long faced tion of Kola. a blue and white Apparently. some to change the image of the Russian Blue The gr.f variety present the most foreign appearance of the earliest cats were bi-colors. and those ficulties with which the Russian Blue breeders The coat should be short and close. glossy and were propagated Another early cat book Helen struggled at the time is well illustrated by a judg- silvery. sometimes it is rather wooly and furry Winslow. Concerning Cats, (published 1900) ing report from Fur and Feather in 1968 Some blues are far paler than others in colour speaks of a pretty blue and white Russian Blue England.
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