Suppose we work based on the standard. Let’s start with our basic style rather than starting from the details and then adding them up to form a whole.
And evolve the details from the style. We’ll find that the parts cannot be connected in an arbitrary way. We can’t choose a head of any random shape or a tail of any random shape. We must select shapes that enhance the basic pattern. A large, round, and thick head on a long and slender neck is obviously as odd as a thick and blunt tail protruding from an elegant long back.
In terms of health functions, we must pay attention to nature.
No standard can or should be set to the last millimeter of a whisker, a scientifically precise chart of a cat. Nature never produces exact replicas.
The standard is an objective and artistic guide, relying on the judge’s good taste and educated sense of proportion. In the same way, a composer writes down his notes, rhythm, dynamics, and phrasing as a guide for the musician to interpret, but he has to rely on the musician’s own sensitivity and knowledge of style to bring the music to life. A cat is a living, breathing, and moving creature and must be observed as such – not as an inanimate machine or a frozen corpse.
A good musician never does certain things, like interpreting something slow in an overly sluggish way. Similarly, an excellent judge should never give a harsh or inappropriate interpretation.
Although these terms are only relative, not absolute. For example, how long is “long”, and how tall is “tall”? This is where the art of interpretation comes into play.
The standard is a measure of how far breeders are progressing towards the perfect feline, and judges can use it to compare developing animals.
According to these guidelines.
The ideal cat is an animal with a well – proportioned body, a pleasing appearance, and supreme elegance, an advanced version of the domestic feline. The whole presentation is pleasing to the eye, well – groomed, friendly, and easy to handle. When the judge selects the best through mechanical, moral, artistic, and comparable means for the show on that day, it is ready for the competition.
If all parts of a cat are in harmonious balance and complement each other, then the whole will be greater than the sum of its parts. The result will be a beautiful cat.
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