History of the Police Activities League. The P.A.L. started with a bang -- a rock through a window, to be more precise. A youth gang in New York City, harassing storekeepers and generally making life miserable in the neighborhood, caused the problem that pioneered the concept of the Police Athletic League. Lieutenant Ed Flynn of the New York Police Departmentâs Crime Prevention Bureau liked kids.
The red and tortoiseshell colors were introduced into the breed in the 1930s by crossing purebred Siamese with red tabby or tortoiseshell British Shorthair cats carrying orange (O) genes. The Red Point Siamese cat family merits a page of its own, and includes Red, Cream, and Apricot Points.
Variations are more noticeable with the same color, but different body types. For instance, I have two calicos and one tortise-shell. One calico and the tortie have the same body shape and eye size. They are also similar in behavior and immunity to illness. One calico has a body shape (more like a very elegant Siamese) that is similar to another prevailing color here -- cats that are sable black with almost no or very little white on the underparts.