| The Present | | | | early breeders of the bi-colors - several |
| | | | breeders across the country who saw the |
| The closing challenge to that previous | | | | promise of great things in the foundation |
| Almanac article was: "But as more and more | | | | cats that were, for the most part, lacking in |
| jump onto the bandwagon that began rolling | | | | competitive type. A good head start had been |
| with the determined breeders from the '70s | | | | provided by the Pathfinders bi-colors |
| and '80s, watch out, Solids ... here we | | | | originally imported from Great Britain by |
| come!" | | | | Bobara Pendergrast. These early breeders |
| | | | integrated the best of the solid Persian |
| Our opening statement for this section, then, | | | | lines, and Cinderella emerged from her rags |
| must be: "Hello, Solids ... here we are!" The | | | | in amazingly short order. |
| traditional dominance of the solid colored | | | | |
| Persians in showhalls, in finals and in | | | | During the '90s, some of those earlier |
| end-of-year national and regional awards is | | | | breeders remained dominant forces and |
| now being continually challenged by the | | | | continued to make contributions to the |
| bi-color and calico cats. Some CFA regions | | | | bi-color and calico division. They include |
| have heavier activity in this division than | | | | catteries such as Anz, Kitty Charm, PaJean, |
| others do, with the bi-color and calico | | | | Brannaway and Harwood. All bred a significant |
| presence often exceeding that of the solids. | | | | number of grands in the '90s and, with the |
| Sheer numbers and quality are the hallmarks | | | | exception of Anz cattery, are all still |
| of bi-colors and calicos in the '90s. | | | | actively breeding and showing bi-colors as we |
| | | | move toward the 21st century. Other, new |
| Not only has there been a veritable explosion | | | | bi-color breeders began to make their mark in |
| of bi-colors during the '90s, but the | | | | this division during the '90s. |
| breeders have also built upon the type | | | | |
| established in the decades previous to | | | | The Anz cattery has retired from active |
| produce stunning Persian type. Keeping in | | | | breeding, but the dynasty of winning |
| mind that there are still two more years in | | | | bi-colors and calicos that they founded lives |
| this decade to register even greater numbers, | | | | on in many of the winning lines, both in the |
| compare the 13 national winning bi-color and | | | | U.S. and abroad. Six of the national-winning |
| calico cats of the entire decade of the '80s | | | | bi-colors in the '90s carried the Anz cattery |
| with 38 already accomplished in the '90s. The | | | | name, and many more had Anz cats behind them. |
| first five bi-color and calico Distinguished | | | | Their GC Anz Nicholas Nickleby, DM was CFA's |
| Merit cats proudly took their place in | | | | first male DM, and produced 50 grands before |
| history in the '80s, and 29 more have swelled | | | | he was neutered. |
| their ranks in the '90s; finally, compare the | | | | |
| 363 total Grand Champions and Grand Premiers | | | | Another bi-color/calico dynasty-in-progress |
| from the '80s with the 959 already confirmed | | | | is PaJean cattery . Four national-winning |
| in the first eight years of the present | | | | bi-color cats in the '90s are from this |
| decade. Is there any doubt that 1000 grands | | | | cattery, as well as an impressive 81 grands! |
| will be attained soon? | | | | |
| | | | Because of the sheer volume of winning |
| The rapidly growing numbers of the "with | | | | bi-colors and calicos, this brief article |
| white" cats necessitated first, in 1991, the | | | | will be unable to give proper credit to the |
| removal of these cats from the parti-color | | | | dozens of dedicated breeders who have made a |
| division and creation of their own division, | | | | significant mark in bi-colors and calicos. To |
| and later, the dividing of the most populous | | | | those many individuals we simply have not had |
| colors into their own color classes. | | | | room to recognize and to name - a tip of our |
| | | | hat to your hard work and accomplishments! |
| In a 1991 Almanac article, we recognized the | | | | |