THE BREEDS WHY DO PEOPLE ACFA recognizes 44 breeds. They are: Abyssinian SHOW CATS? American Curl Longhair American Curl Shorthair • American Shorthair To see how their cats match up to American Wirehair other breeders. Balinese Bengal • To share information. THE Birman Bombay • British Shorthair To educate the public about their Burmese breed, cat care, etc. Chartreux CAT Cornish Rex • To show off their cats. Cymric Devon Rex Egyptian Mau Exotic Shorthair Havana Brown SHOW Highland Fold FOR MORE Himalayan Japanese Bobtail Longhair INFORMATION Japanese Bobtail Shorthair Korat Longhair Exotic ACFA has a great variety of literature Maine Coon Cat you may wish to obtain. These Manx include show rules, bylaws, breed Norwegian Forest Cat standards and a beautiful hardbound Ocicat yearbook called the Parade of Oriental Longhair Royalty. They are available from: Oriental Shorthair Persian ACFA Ragdoll Russian Blue P O Box 1949 Scottish Fold Nixa, MO 65714-1949 Selkirk Rex Longhair Phone: 417-725-1530 Selkirk Rex Shorthair Fax: 417-725-1533 Siamese Siberian Or check our home page: Singapura http://www.acfacat.com Snowshoe Somali Membership in ACFA is open to any Sphynx individual interested in cats. As a Tonkinese Turkish Angora member, you have the right to vote Turkish Van on changes impacting the organization and your breed. AWARDS & RIBBONS WELCOME THE JUDGING Welcome to our cat show! We hope you Each day there will be four or more rings Each cat competes in their class against will enjoy looking at all of the cats we have running concurrently. Each judge acts other cats of the same sex, color and breed. on display. We have pedigreed cats and independently of the other, and every cat The cat selected as best in the class household pets being exhibited at our entered will be judged in every ring. So receives a blue FIRST place ribbon. show. These cats are judged by each cat has four (or more) chances to SECOND place is red and THIRD place is professional judges licensed with the win. yellow. After all of the cats of one color and American Cat Fanciers Association breed are judged, a black BEST OF COLOR (ACFA). There are two types of rings: ALLBREED award is presented for the BEST QUALITY and SPECIALTY. In an allbreed ring, all cat in that color class (not the cat with the the breeds in each class compete against best color). A white SECOND BEST OF NOTES FOR each other for Top Ten ribbons (called COLOR is also awarded. Once the entire “finals”). In specialty rings, longhairs breed is judged, the BEST and SECOND SPECTATORS compete only against longhairs and BEST OF BREED awards are presented. A note of caution...Your fingers spread shorthaired cats only against shorthairs for germs. While we understand that it's fun to final awards. Championship and Altered cats compete for pet or play with the animals, please ask. A WINNERS ribbons (red, white and blue) and cat show is like a school in that what one The cats are judged in five different finals (rosettes). To earn the title of "kid" gets, they all take home to the classes: Champion, a cat must received four winners "family". Many of our exhibitors have tiny KITTENS - For pedigreed kittens 4-8 ribbons. To become a Grand Champion, a kittens at home and feel it necessary to limit months of age. cat must receive sixteen winners ribbons and outside contact. Just ask! at least six rosettes (from six different NBC (New Breed or Color) - For judges). For this reason you will see judges washing pedigreed cats whose breed or color is not yet accepted for the championship class. Household pets compete for the titles of their hands and the judging table between Royal and Supreme. These are calculated each cat. The show employs stewards to CHAMPIONSHIP - For unaltered based on the number of points earned in wash the judging cages between cats. pedigreed cats 8 months of age or older. finals. These cats are likely to be part of a Please remember that cats have the "right breeding program. of way". If you see someone approaching you with a cat, please step aside. ALTERS - For pedigreed cats 8 months of THE NUMBERS Exhibitors have just a few minutes to get age or older who have been spayed or their cats to the ring. neutered. Entry numbers indicate the classes. HOUSEHOLD PET - for mixed breed or 1-89 Kittens non-pedigreed cats. All household pets 90-99 NBC (New Breed or Color) STANDARDS must be spayed or neutered. These cats Cats, kittens and alters are judged are judged on health, cleanliness and 100-199 Longhair Championship Cats according to a written standard for their purrsonality. breed. The standard has a total of 100 201-299 Shorthair Championship Cats points, divided into such categories as head 301-399 Alters type, body, coat, color, etc. The standards are voted on by the breeders of that 401-499 Household Pets particular breed. .