Early UK Exports!! Blue Robin, born 1896

This photo, by Witcomb & Son, Salisbury, is of ‘BLUE ROBIN’, (USR: 235) who was in fact a Blue Tabby Persian and therefore competed in the AOC (Any Other Colour) class at Shows. He was winner of a First and a Challenge Cup at Westminster in 1899. He was bred by Mrs Bluhm in 1896, first becoming the property of Miss Hester Cochran and then later owned Mr. C.W. Witt; who, in 1904 exported him to Mr. J. Kerr, of Dunedin, in New Zealand.

In The Book of The Cat(1903), Miss Frances Simpson observed: 

“A cat that has done some winning and has sired some lovely kittens, but must, strictly speaking, be considered an ‘any other colour’ cat, is ‘Blue Robin,’ formerly the property of Miss H. Cochran, and now in the possession of Mr.C.W. Witt. This is a blue cat with a tabby-marked head. He was bred from blues and silvers, and his chin, ear tufts, and eyebrows are silver, and his nose pink. As will be seen by his picture, he has a grand head and a beautiful expression.”