The first attempt at establishing a breed of moderate, white -footed Siamese began back in the fifties under the name of Silver Laces. Its history was short lived and nothing was done until the 1960's when Dorothy Hinds-Daugherty, a Philadelphia Siamese breeder, decided to develop the idea of a moderate, white-footed Siamese- cat that she called Snowshoe. The standards were updated and registration rules were defined. More breeders were recruited. By 1982 the breed was officially recognized for Championship status. Shortly there after, both CATS and CAT FANCY ran articles on the new breed and listed them for the first time in their Breed Directories. By 1989 with the newly revised standard in hand, ACFA was approached to advance the Snowshoe to Championship status. By all counts the Snowshoe is a moderate cat in every way but its markings. It is not just a Siamese with white. 40 of 100 points are delegated to just pattern and color. The standard instructs that the Color and Pattern should be of equal importance to Type and Build. The perfect pattern is impossible to obtain without some flaw. Symmetry of markings is preferred and good symmetry can counter balance lesser marking flaws such as low or high leg or face markings. The show Snowshoe is an extremely hard cat to breed. Most crosses are Snowshoe to Snowshoe but outcrossing to Siamese and Oriental Shorthairs is still allowable. The vast majority of Snowshoe lines developed from crossing old type Siamese with domestic shorthairs of the proper markings or from Snowshoe marked cats of unknown backgrounds.