Judge: J Mullan Selfs, AOVs

GENERAL COMMENTS

What a great day, pure enjoyment having the pleasure of spending quality time looking at other fanciers’ pride and joy, I had 100 mice in my section. I did not fined one that I did not like or had any major faults but a few good ones with little chips in their ears.
The best ones picked themselves so my hardest challenge was to find one to knock it off the top shelf.

I was pleased to discover the BIS in my section a superb Siamese with that wow factor the moment I lifted it out of the Maxey, the best intense points I have seen for sometime with a real buttermilk coloured coat.

Selfs

Class 1 PEW Ad

1 C Barber good coat and condition
2 C Barber another nice mouse from the same stable
3 J Roberts great ears

Class 2 PEW U8

1 P Hogg great ear placement
2 L Walker nice size
3 L Russell good ears and eyes

Class 3 Cream Ad

1 J Roberts nice condition ears and eyes
2 L Walker nice mouse but not the ears of the winner

Class 4 Cream U8

1 L Walker nice mouse good condition

Class 5 Cham/Silver Ad

1 L Russell Cham mouse good style and type
2 L Russell Ditto

Class 6 Cham/Silver U8

1 A Booth Cham nice fit mouse
2 L Walker Silver off coloured under

Class 7 Black Ad

1 S Moenninghoff Outstanding intense colour
2 L Birchall Ditto
3 S Moenninghoff Ditto

Class 8 Black U8

1 M Davis outstanding colour black
2 S Moenninghoff ditto
3 S Moenninghoff ditto

It was a real pleasure to hold and judge these two black classes 15 mice in total a credit to all exhibitors, black unders were so intense I had to change my glasses to check if the exhibit were bucks or does.

Class 9 Blue Ad

1 J Roberts Nice mouse but a little dark for me
2 S Smith dark coat
3 S Smith

Class 10 Blue U8

1 S Smith Nice mouse, ears and eyes
2 S Smith little dark
3 S Smith

Class 11 AOC Self Ad

1 S Smith Chocolate nice colour and type
2 M Davis Chocolate nice mouse
3 R Walker Fawn good colour

Class 12 AOC Self U8

1 M Davis Chocolate fit mouse good ears and eyes
2 S Smith Chocolate not quite the colour of winner
3 R Walker Fawn good colour

Class 13 Self Challenge Ad

1 L Russell Cham
2 J Roberts Cream
3 C Barber PEW

Class 14 Self Challenge U8

1 L Walker Cream
2 A Booth Cham
3 P Hogg PEW

AOV

Class 49 Agoute/Cinnamon Ad

1 M Davis Cinnamon nice type good condition
2 L Walker Cinnamon fit mouse
3 K Berry Cinnamon

Class 50 Agoute/Cinnamon U8

1 K Berry Agoute good ears and eyes
2 L Walker Cinnamon fair mouse
3 L Walker Cinnamon

Class 51 Himalayan/Siamese Ad

1 S Moenninghoff Siameses brilliant colour and points
2 S Moenninghoff Siamese nice size mouse
3 A Booth Siamese nice points not the shading the winner

Class 52 Himalayan/Siamese U8

1 L & O Booth fair mouse
2 M Davis sadly had a chipped ear.

Class 53 Chin/Fox Ad – 0

Class 54 Chin/Fox U8 – 0

Class 55 Argente Ad

1 L Russell good colour ears and eyes
2 L Russell ditto
3 L Russell three peas in a pod

Class 56 Argente U8

1 L Russell Slim, nice type and colour
2 L Russell ditto
3 L Walker not quite the colour of the first two

Class 57 AOV Ad

1 J Roberts Splashed nice ears and eyes
2 A Booth Splashed ditto
3 L Walker Splashed lighter coat colour

Class 58 AOV U8

1 L Walker Splashed good type
2 A Booth Splashed ditto
3 T Sales Sable good coat and demarkation

Class 59 AOV Challenge Ad

1 S Moenninghoff Siamese outstanding mouse BIS
2 J Roberts
3 M Davis

Class 60 AOV Challenge U8

1 L Russell
2 L Walker
3 L Walker

Judge: D Creasey Tans, Marked, Satins

GENERAL COMMENTS

Thanks for the opportunity to co-Judge with Jim Mullan on Saturday. It was a nice day well attended with a good variety of entries.Stephan’s Siamese BIS was a unanimous decision between us. Mike’s BOA Dutch was the best I’ve seen in a while. Unfortunately the Broken’s had large blocks of colour that ran together, sometimes less can be more.
Thanks again for an enjoyable day, well fed and supplied with teas from Pete’s Eats. Thanks also to my Co-Judge Jim, my Stewards and to Eric and Terry for the running of the show, and to all the people who helped by clearing up at the end. Hope to see you all and others, next month.

Tans

BLACK TAN Ad – 5

1st L Walker Good under, best type

2nd R Walker Good under slightly thin

3rd R Walker Better under than rest in class, plump

BLACK TAN u/8 – 1

1st T Sales Good colour top and under

CHAM TAN Ad – 2

1st R Walker Good ears, better condition than 2nd

2nd L Russell Good head and ears

CHAM TAN u/8 – 0

DOVE TAN Ad – 0

DOVE TAN u/8 – 0

CHOC TAN Ad – 7

1st R Walker Good under and type

2nd E Barber Good under and head

3rd E Barber Good under

CHOC TAN u/8 – 2

1st T Sales Better colour top, darker tan as standard

2nd T Sales Good top but lighter under

AOC TAN Ad – 2

1st L Russell Pale under, better condition

2nd E Barber Blue Tan Poorer condition

AOC TAN u/8 – 0

TAN CHALLENGE Ad – 16

1st R Walker Choc Tan

2nd E Barber Choc Tan

3rd L Walker Black Tan

TAN CHALLENGE u/8 – 3

1st T Sales

2nd T Sales

3rd T Sales

Marked

DUTCH Ad – 0

DUTCH u/8 – 1

1st M Davis Blk Very good markings, straight lines

BROKEN/EVEN Ad – 4

1st L Russell Brk 8-9sp Best head of rest

2ndL Russell Brk 7sp Worth working on

3rL Walker Brk 7sp Large blocks of colourd

BROKEN/EVEN u/8 – 3

1st L Walker Brk Blended spots

2nd A Booth Part Even part Broken, heavy markings

3rd L Walker Too heavy markings

HEREFORD Ad – 1

1st C Barber Good head marking, slight white mark on tail

HEREFORD u/8 – 2

1st C Barber Reasonable head and good belly mark

2nd C Barber Good head, belly could be better

AOV MARKED Ad – 1

1st J Roberts Banded Better lines under, uneven top

AOV MARKED u/8 – 0

MARKED CHALLENGE Ad – 6

1st C Barber Hereford

2nd J Roberts

3rd L Russell

MARKED CHALLENGE u/8 – 6

1st M Davis Dutch

2nd C Barber

3rd C Barber

Satins

IVORY SATIN Ad – 1

1st L Walker Coat could be better

IVORY SATIN u/8 – 2

1st P Hogg Good head, better top than 2nd

2ndL Walker Good head

CREAM SATIN Ad – 1

1st L Walker Good head and ears

CREAM SATIN u/8 – 1

1st L Walker Good head

CHAM/SILVER SATIN Ad – 4

1st C Barber Sil Good head, just better coat then 2nd

2nd C Barber Sil Good head

3rd C Barber Sil Good head, slightly plump

CHAM/SILVER SATIN u/8 – 0

AOC SELF SATIN Ad – 3

1st J Roberts Red Good head, better under

2nd J Roberts Red Plump, good colour

3rd J Roberts Red Good head, colour darker, sooty

AOC SELF SATIN u/8 – 2

1st L Walker Red Nice satinisation, better coat

2nd A Booth Dove Good coat

AOV SATIN Ad – 2

1st S Smith Good head, poor satinisation

2nd L Walker Another poor satinisation

AOV SATIN u/8 – 8

1st R Walker Arg Best colour and satinisation

2nd M Davis Sia Well marked and satinised

3rd L Walker Brk 6sp Best of the rest

SATIN CHALLENGE Ad – 11

1st J Roberts Red