There are more good specimens to be found in this variety than in the browns, but they are failing in popularity before the solid orange; it seems a pity that there are not enough fanciers to keep all varieties up to a high standard, in improving one colour they are too prone to spoil another.

The show orange tabby is very beautiful; the ground colour should be of a clear light orange or "sandy" colour, marked with deep rich reddish brown markings, with as much distinction between the two colours as possible.

The eyes should be deep orange, really the same colour as the dark markings.

The chin and extremities should not shade light or white and the former should be deep-coloured right to the lips.

Orange tabbies can be crossed with blacks, tortoise-shells, and brown tabbies; blues and oranges may be used, but they are not always advisable.

In shape they should come up to the standard of all Persians, although they are in many cases inclined to be long in face and high on the leg.