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PRINTER
Ann & Bob Sumrall
The Sumralls had been breeding Siamese and Colorpoints and went right into
Orientals very soon after they were accepted into championship in CFA. In
1981-82 Ann granded an ebony ticked tabby male named Printer’s
Tipperary
,* he was from her first Oriental litter. His sire was CH Susan’s
Finvana of Printer,* aptly nicknamed “Ears” a Siamese who seems to pop
up in at least half of the pedigrees of Orientals who have fabulous ears.
Tipperary
’s mother was Sand n’ Seas Que Pasa of Printer, whose mother was a
littermate of NGRC Sand n’ Sea Bikkuri. Ann liked red, so she obtained a
tortie point CPSH. CH Roncha’s Re-Marque of Printer from Charlotte
Loscombe for her Colorpoint program and contacted Barb Rudolf and told her
that she wanted a red spotted tabby
OSH
. She sent a seal point female to GRC Ruru’s Red Spreeder.* The result
was GRC Printer’s Dromineer,* who Ann calls her red spotted tabby boy
who is really an ebony. Being persistent, Ann went to Barb’s house, when
she was showing Dromineer, and picked out two red tabby kittens. Ruru’s
I am Red (Amy) proved to be just what she wanted. Amy in turn produced GRC
Printer’s Sweet Rosie O’Grady,* a red spotted tabby female. Dromineer
was bred to a cream point CPSH, CH Printer’s Scarlet Ribbons, a
granddaughter of Re-Marque, and produced GRC Printer’s Irish Scream,* a
solid cream male, and GRC Kinsale Lace.* All three of these cats with
their three varieties of red genes granded in the 1986-87 show year and
many grands have been produces by these cats.
Anne
says, “All in all I had little to do with my success as a breeder except
for a love of animals, a good eye, and a desire to make something
beautiful even better. The rest of the credit goes to the breeders who
were willing to take a chance on a new breeder and to help her. All the
printer grands and champions come from Susan Beuerlein (Susan’s), Bob
Molino (Sanlino), Alison Hedberg (Sand n’ Sea), Charlotte Loscomb (Roncha).
Barbara Baylor (Fan-C) and Barbara Rudolf (Ruru), who said to me no holds
barred, no strings, use your best judgment and go for it. I did and was
happily rewarded, reasonably successful, and so very proud of my cats. My
many thanks to the people that have shown Printer cats and their
grandchildren for me. That is what it is all about.”
As has already been said here many times, one of the Oriental
Shorthairs’ reason for being is color. Some breeders have purposely
concentrated on one color, like the Levitans, as mentioned above, and
others have become virtually synonymous with a color more accidentally.
Red coat color was present in Orientals quite early in the breed
existence. In 1979, the 19th best cat was a blue-cream named
Patapaw Firefly, bred and owned by Marilyn T. Buchanan. One person who
comes to mind immediately when you think of red Orientals however, Barbara
Rudolf (RuRu), absolutely refused to breed them, at first.
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