TUEFEL, black smoke Persian, b 1900

'Teufel', born in 1900, was a Black Smoke male who kept the Smoke Persian variety at the forefront of Longhairs in the early cat fancy in England. He was bred and owned by a relatively new breeder and fancier at the time, Mrs. Sinkins, of Aldermoor House, Southampton. A popular and effective organiser, Mrs. Sinkins later became President of Committee for the Southern Counties Cat Club, which ran the popular and well attended annual Westminster Show.

This photo of Teufel is from The Book of the Cat, 1903, by Miss Frances Simpson. A full story of Teufel can be founda on The History Project web site at http://cat-o-pedia.org/teufel.html