30 JUNE 1950, Page 22

A Female Sandy Cat

SIR,—Recently a sandy cat was introduced to me as " she." " But he's a tom," I exclaimed. ", Far from it," was the reply, "She's already produced three families." Some fifty years ago I was told that a sandy cat was always a male and a tortoiseshell always a female, and that the British Museum would give £5 for any exception to this rule. Was this offer ever made, and if so is it still open ?—Yours faithfully,