A.A.C.E.
American Association of Cat Enthusiasts

HEAD: The head is a medium sized, broad modified wedge, with the appearance of a flat plane between the ears. Muzzle is round, medium in length, with well-developed chin. Nose to have a slight dip between eyes, neck is short, heavy and strong.

EARS: The ears are a continuation of the wedge. They are broad at the base, rounded at the tip and have moderate furnishings. The ears are medium in size with a slight forward tilt.

EYES: Blue, large and oval. Outer aperture to fall in line with base of ear. Not oriental.

BODY: Long with full chest, equally massive across shoulders and hindquarters, muscular and heavier in hind quarters, tendency for "fatty pad" on lower abdomen (Greater Omentum).

LEGS & FEET: Medium long, heavy, back legs higher than front. Fur on front legs thick, short to medium in length. Fur on hind legs medium to long, thick and feather like. Feet round and feather tufted.

TAIL: Long in proportion to body length. Medium at base with slight taper, carried at angle higher than back.

COAT: Medium long to long, plush and silky. Coat lies with body and breaks as cat moves. The fur is short on the face and increases in length from the top of the head down through the shoulder blades and back. Longer fur appears on the sides of the head and neck and increases to form bib area on upper and mid chest.

COLOR & PATTERN: Definite contrast between body color and points. Allowance to be made for darkening in older cats as long as it is even.
Penalize: White buttons, lockets or dark spots not called for in specific pattern; roman nose.

NFA: Kinked tail, crossed eyes, more than required number of toes. Other than blue eyes. Any white on points. Lack of white chin on Mitted. White on ears and tail of bicolor, any white on Color points, ROMAN NOSE.

Mitted: Ears, mask, tail, top of body and legs (except feet) well defined. A broken or unbroken white blaze of even dimension on nose and/or between the eyes is acceptable. MUST HAVE WHITE CHIN. There must be an unbroken line of white extending from the bib to the underbase of the tail. White mittens on the front feet should be matched. They should extend no further than the bend of the foot on the front and no further than the dewpad on the back of the foot. The white boots on the rear legs should fall between the hock and mid- thigh, with the white going completely around the leg. The boots need not match.

Bicolor: Ears, tail, mask and top of the body to be well defined color. Mask has a symmetrical, inverted "V", the edge of which may not extend beyond the outer aperture of the eyes. Ideally, the edge of the "V" (NOT A STRAIGHT LINE, WAVY LINE, "M" OR "W") should pass through the eyes at some point, so as to avoid the look of a cat with an all white face, or the appearance of the cat having only a white nose. The point of the "V" should not extend over the top of the head. All four legs and the underside of the body should be white. Any color on the legs should end above the elbow of front legs and above hock of back legs. Small patches of white on the back and/or sides is allowable. NOSE MUST BE PINK.

PENALIZE:
Mitted: Color spotting on mittens or boots; white spotting on points, except feet.
Bicolor: Color spotting on white area of mask or underside of body.
All cats: Short tail, short legs, cobby body.

NOTE: The nose leather and paw pad color are extremely important in determining the color of the cat, especially in immature animals.

Accepted Colors
Colorpoint	Mitted	BiColor
Lilac Colorpoint	Lilac Mitted	Lilac BiColor
Blue Colorpoint	Blue Mitted	Blue BiColor
Chocolate Colorpoint	Chocolate Mitted	Chocolate BiColor
Seal Colorpoint	Seal Mitted	Seal BiColor