The Red Colorpoint

The Red
Red Colorpoint
Colorpoint
The
by Madeleine
Madeleine Christy
Christy
by
Today our Red
Red Colorpoint
ColOl'point cats
recent addition
addition to
to the
the growing
growing
Today
cats are
are a recent
do surpass
surpass
Shorthair family
family and many
many of
of these
these attractive
attractive cats
cats can and
and do
Shorthair
other Siamese
Siamese (from
these cats
are derived)
derived) in
in the
the showroom.
showroom.
other
(from which
which these
cats are
and results
results of
of
will give
give here
here only
only aa brief
brief outline
outline of
of the
the methods
methods and
I will
several years
prevents
several
years breeding
breeding these
these beautiful
beautiful cats.
cats. Unfortunately time prevents
mentioning many
important factors
factors in
in the
the production
production of
of good
good ones.
ones.
mentioning
many important
breeders that
know of
of who
who are
are best
best known
known for
for producing
producing the
The breeders
that II know
A. DiFilippo,
DiFilippo, who
who has
has very
very nice
ni'ce Reds,
Reds, the
first Red
Red points
points are
are Mrs.
Mrs. A.
first
and
breeder from
got my
my start,
start, Mrs.
Mrs. Berger
Berger from
from California
California and
breeder
from whom
whom II got
later my
my own
own efforts
efforts yielded
yielded some
some early
early Colorpoints.
Colorpoints. Mrs.
Mrs. DiFilippo,
DiFilippo,
from whose
whose cattery
obtained a Tortie,
Tertie, Sundust
Sundust Zorina
Zorina of
of Madali,
Madali,
from
cattery II obtained
16 years
years of
of pure
pure bred
bredSiamese
Siamese stock.
stock.
has produced
produced this
from 16
has
this cat from
The first
Red Colorpoint
breed aa Siamese
Siamese
'The
firststep
step in
in producing
producing the
the Red
Colorpoint is to breed
The
progeny
will
be
all
black
hybrid
female
to
a
Red
Domestic.
female to Red Domestic. The progeny will he all black hybrid
Siamese of
the
Siamese with
Siamese
with green
green eyes.
eyes.Then
Then one
one breeds
breeds back
back to
to a Siamese
of the
It takes
takes four
four to
to five
five generations
generations
best type
type to
to produce
produce a Tortie-Point.
Tortie-Point. It
best
Siamese to
female, and she should
should
of pure bred Siamese
to produce
produce aa Tortie-Point
Tortie-Point female,
type to the
the best
best in
in the
theSiamese
Siamese breed.
breed.
be comparable
comparable in
be
in type
exotic looking
looking creatures
creatures whose
whose points
points
females are very
very exotic
Tortie-Point females
and cream,
cream, with
with cream,
cream, chocolate
chocolate or
or seal
seal
are aa mixture
mixture of
of seal,
seal, red
red and
are
approximate more
Siamese type
we
body color.
body
color. They
They approximate
more nearly
nearly the
the Siamese
type that we
have been
been striving
striving for,
because of
they too,
too, must,
must, someday
someday
have
for, and because
of that, they
eye color
color is
is the deepest
deepest I have
have ever
ever
have their own
own recognition.
recognition. Their eye
have
seen.
It is
is now
now known
known that
Red Point
Point male
male can
can be
be bred
bre:l from
from aa Tortie
Tortie
that a Red
Point or aa Red
Red Point
Point female
female regardless
regardless of the
the color
color of
of his
hi's sire.
sire. whereas
whereas
be bred
bred from
from a mating
mating in
in which
which red
red
Red Point
Point female
female can
only be
a Red
can only
present in
the genes
genes of
of both
both parents.
parents. These
These kittens,
kittens, when
when
pigment
pigment is
is present
in the
born, are snow white,
white, like Siamese
Siamese kittens,
exception that
born,
kittens, with
with the
the exception
that the
reddish color,
color, from
from which
which one can distinguish
distinguish the Red
Red ColorColorskin is a reddish
kittens begin
begin to
to develop
develop their Red
Red Point
Point color
color when
when
point litter.
litter. The kittens
point
it is
is amazing
amazing how
how deep
deep it can
can become.
become. We have
have found
found
week old
a week
old and it
we are
are able
able to
to produce
produce from
from these
these Tortie
Tortie Point
Point females,
females, bred
bred to
to
that we
vari'ous
point
color
Siamese,
Red
Colorpoint
males
only,
and
either
sex
various
Siamese, Red Colorpoint males only,
either sex
Seals, Blues
sire. From
From a
Seals,
Blues or
or whatever
whatever color
color factor
factor was
was present
presentin
in the
the sire.
Tortie Point
Point female,
female, we
we produce
produce
Red Point
Point male,
male, however,
however, bred
Red
bred to
to a Tortie
following: Red
Points in males
males and
and females,
females, Tortie
Tortie Points,
Points, Seals,
Seals,
the following:
Red Points
Chocolates. Breeding
Breeding Reds
Reds produces
produces all
Reds. The
'Blues
Blues and Chocolates.
Reds to
to Reds
all Reds.
Chocolate Tortie
most striking
striking looking
looking cat
color, and
and
Chocolate
Tortie point
point is
is the most
cat in color,
165
Year Book, 1964
Year
P:·OJ.12C3 beautiful
bc.1utiiul Red
Red Colorpoints.
Colorpoints.
p:oia;c3
OUR CATS
CATS magazine,
magazine, from
from England,
England, and
have read the article
article in
in OUR
I have
find I disagree
disagree with
in approving
approving of
of the Gold
Gold Point
Point color
color
find
with the
the author in
acceptable in the "Red Point."
Point." In
Insome
some Siamese
Siamese breeding the original
as acceptable
reJ of
gold or orange
points.
re.I
of the
the cress
cress has
has been
been diluted
diluted at times to gold
orange in the points.
Those II have
ha':e seen
seen are
not what II would
would call
call the
the true
true Red
Red Colorpoint.
Colorpoint.
Those
are not
T::e
T::c 'c;c
'c;e :1),:cn
:P::C:l by
t~.(; uuthcr
his production
production of
Reds is
is a very
very
by t!.c
author ef
cl his
of the
the Reds
g~oJ enc.'
Cl~C.1
gcol
Many have
have obtained
producing the
Red Points
Points by
by the one
one
Many
obtained aa start
start in producing
the Red
outcross to
Red Domestic
Domestic with
Siamese, to
introduce the color
color
outcross
to a self Red
with a Siamese,
to introduce
"TIeJ'no
ir:to
:'c,tr;c:dcolor
c;)lorpastern;
pa:tern;however
however this
this is
is aa long
long hard
hard struggle
struggle
"Red
re3tr::::ed
today, for now
to undertake today,
can purchase
purchase the
the best
best
we can
in Tortie Points
Points which will
produce
Red ColorColorproduce the
the Red
point male,
male, and from
from there
point
line breed
breed back
back to
one can line
Tortie.
the Tortie.
Many
have been
been conconMany have
cerned that the Red
Red Points
cerned
th(' bone
do not as yet have the
structure or
type of
of the
the
structure
or type
Siamese. The question
question has
C:h. Sudo's
Sudo\ Sunset
Sun~et Chrissie
Chri~~ie of Madali.
:\1adali.
also come
come up
about what
what
also
up about
Ch.
"ill
become of
Seals, Blues,
Blues, Chocolates
other colors
colors produced
produced
of the Seals,
Chocolates and other
x ill become
from our Tortie or Red
Red Point breedings.
breedings. Let
none of
of these
these
from
Let me
me state
state that none
I t!:c:
t!:c: colors
own when
when b•ed
Ired
colors will
will reproduce
reproduce any
any other
other color
color but
but their own
t:) aa mate
mate of
of like
like genetic
genetic inheritance.
inheritance. The
Reds breed
red
to
The Reds
breed true
true if
if the red
factor is
both parents.
parents.
factor
is in both
It is interesting
interesting to
Point is
is the
the only
only cat
cat carrying
carrying
to note
note that
that the Tortie Point
1':e
red gene
gene aside
aside from
from the
the Red
Red Colorpoint.
Colorpoint. I think
think many
many of
of the
the
t':e red
k:::ens
from these matings
matings surpass
surpass some
some of the
the Siamese
Siamese Seals,
Seals, Blues
Blues or
k:::ens from
,ocolates which
being shown
shown today.
today. 1'I here
here is
is more
more opportunity
opportunity
C .ocolates
which are
are being
(' .. :: for
for observing
observing these
cats
for
they
have
been
accepted
in several
several
these cats for they have been accepted in
more Red
Red Points
Points are
are being
being bred
bred and
and shown.
shown. Those
Those
A;sociations and
Anociations
and more
t: .:1t
be shown can
can always
always be
be sold
sold as
as pets,
pets, to
to be
be altered
altered of
of course.
course.
t:
at cannot be
is most
most important
important to
to select
select the
the right
right color
color
Red Point
Point breeding
breeding it is
In Red
c,mbination. Some
Some have
Frost or Lilac to the
the Reds,
Reds, thinking
thinking
c;mbination.
have bred
bred the
the Frost
that
but instead
t!1at itit will
will purify
purify the
thecoat
coatcolor
colortotoxvhite,,
\\'hit~,. but
instead of helping,
helping, this
l.:Js caused the tails
tails and
and legs
legs to
to become
become bailed,
baried, even
even showing
showing markings
markings
Las
F. A.
C. F.
on the
the body;
body; some
some have
have the
the definite
definite Tabby
Tabby markings,
markings, also.
also. It does
does
on
not in any
any way
way intensify
intensify the
red color
color i'n
cat. We
We must
must strive
strive for
for
not
the red
in the cat.
the Red
Red Colorpoint
Colorpoint with
pure white
white body
body color.
there is
is any
any
the
with the
the pure
color. If
If there
color on
body it
should be
spinal column
column only
and of the
color
on the
the body
it should
be on
on the spinal
only and
same
color
as
the
points
or
a
pinkish
color.
same color as
pinkish color.
the foregoing
foregoing I have
have tried
tried to
to give
give some
some of
of my
mybeliefs,
beliefs, practices,
practices,
In the
and experiences
experiences in
produce good
bred
and
in trying
trying to
to produce
good Red
Red Points.
Points. We
We have bred
here many
many who
who have
have become
become All
gone on
make All
All
here
All Western
Western and
and gone
on to make
American.
In
1962-3
RM
Sr.
Ch.
and
Gr.
Ch.
Madali
Red
Dawn
went
American. In 1962-3 RM Sr. Ch. and Gr. Ch.
Red Dawn went
Highest Scoring
Scoring Red
Siamese. In
ACFA, Red
was Royal
Royal
Highest
Red Point
Point Siamese.
In ACFA,
Red Dawn was
American Highest
Highest Scoring
Scoring Siamese
Siamese Red
Male.
Inter American
Red Point Male.
Those who
who have
have worked
worked
hard
for
many
years
to
hard for many years to
develop and
improve the
the
develop
and improve
Red Colorpoi"nt
Red
Colorpoint have made
progress and
much progress
and are approaching their
goal of
of
proaching
their goal
recognition in all
all AssociaAssociarecognition
tions. Most
Most Associations
Associations
tions.
recognize
them
as Siamese;
Siamese;
recognize
many of
of these
these cats
cats have
have
many
taken high honors
honors in
in show
show
taken
finals. I personally
personally feel
feel the
finals.
Tr.
Tr. Ch.
eh, Madali
\1adali Red
Red Chinga
Ch;n~3
type is
is becoming
becoming excellent,
excellent,
type
the eye
eye color
many is
is deeper
deeper than
the Siamese.
Siamese. II also
also think
the
color in
in many
than in the
think that
these cats
should be classed
classed with the
the Siamese
Siamese in
in the
theshows.
shows. Someday,
Someday,
these
cats should
by
work
and
perseverance,
we
may
achieve
this
goal
too.
by work
perseverance, we may achieve
goal too.
1,'0" thn
thn ep in•e-e,ted
in'.c'e,ted in
artic'e mentioned,
mentioned, it appeared
appeared in
in the
theOctober
October 1963
1963 issue
hsue
in the article
0: OUR CC ',TS
Archer, the
RED POINTED
POINTED
o:
'ITS m.1!\azine.
magazine.Thc
The author
author was
was Dr,
Dr. N.
N. E.
E. Archer,
the title
title ON
ON RED
SIAMESE.
1.): Aiche:
Alche: mentions
r.1cn::ons that
that the
thcofficially
officially recognized
recognized colors
color5 of
Siame5P all
5ame
13:
of Siamese
all have
have the same
b::l5'c p gmen.,
gmen:, melamin.
me1amin. The
The Red
Red Point
Point however,
however, has
has aadifferent
different pigment.
p;gment. Red
Red coloration
coloration
bas*c
i5 thoug:n
thoug:1t to
to be
I::e transmitted
trammitted by
hy aasex-linked
5Px-\inked factor.
factor.
is
Angthc" artic'e
interest is
h in
in OUR
OURCATS
CATSApril
April 1963
1963 TORTOISE-SHELL
TORTOISE-SHELL AND
AND RED
RED
Anotheartic'e of interest
SIAMESE.-Ed.
POINT SIAMESE.—Ed.
1964
Year Book, 1964
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