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Section 1. (2 points)

A head ring clerk should: $ Arrive early and check ring cleaning supplies and clerking equipment for the ring. % Introduce yourself to the ring steward, write down their name, discuss cleaning and ring maintenance procedures. & Discuss benching and pacing preferences with the judge of the ring. ' Record the transfer and absences. ( Keep up with the progress of other rings. ) Monitor cleaning supplies for ring. * All of the above.

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Description Correct Competitive Division 5DJGROO 1 Seal torbie point and white 0DLQH&RRQ3RO\GDFW\O 2 Red Silver Classic Tabby 2ULHQWDOShorthair 3 Chocolate tortie Burmilla 4 Red silver shaded sepia %HQJDO 5 Brown mDUEOHGtabby Ragdoll 6 Blue lynx point Siberian 7 Black golden shaded Maine Coon 8 Black silver mackerel tortie and white %RPED\ 9 %ODFN Burmese 10 Sable Australian Mist 11 Fawn Sepia Marbled Tonkinese 12 %OXHSRLQW Lykoi 13 Black with amelonistic (roan) pattern Persian 14 Chocolate tortie and white Tonkinese 15 Lilac mink (J\SWLDQ0DX 16 %URQ]HVSRWWHGWDEE\ Burmilla Longhair 17 Black silver shaded Khaomanee 18 White with odd eyes Section 4. (points) Using TICA Breed Standards, list the correct abbreviation for each breed. Each correct answer is worth .25 pts.

ABBR Championship Breeds ABBR Championship Breeds ABBR Advanced New Breed

Abyssinian LaPerm Shorthair Highlander American Bobtail Lykoi Highlander Shorthair Americal Bobtail Shorthair Maine Coon Serengeti American Curl Maine Coon Polydactyl American Curl Longhair Manx ABBR Preliminary New Breed American Shorthair Munchkin American Wirehair Munchkin Longhair Minskin Australian Mist Nebelung Aphrodite Longhair Balinese Norwegian Forest Aphrodite Shorthair Bengal Ocicat Tennessee Rex Bengal Longhair Oriental Longhair Tennessee Rex Shorthair Birman Oriental Shorthair Toybob Bombay Persian Toybob Longhair British Longhair Peterbald British Shorthair Pixiebob Burmese Pixiebob Longhair Burmilla Ragdoll Burmilla Longhair Russian Blue Chartreux Savannah Cornish Rex Scottish Fold Cymric Scottish Fold Longhair Devon Rex Selkirk Rex Donskoy (Don Hairless) Selkirk Rex Longhair Egyptian Mau Siamese Exotic Shorthair Siberian Havana Singapura Himalayan Snowshoe Household Pet Somali Japanese Bobtail Sphynx Japanese Bobtail Longhair Thai Khaomanee Tonkinese Korat Toyger Kurilian Bobtail Turkish Angora Kurilian Bobtail Longhair Turkish Van LaPerm

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