pigeon fanciers, that is, men who take great 
interest in owning and breeding various varieties 
of domestic pigeons. Such people have pigeon 
clubs and when they come together they have 
much in common to talk about, for all are inter- 
ested in a topic that affords them a great deal of 
pleasure. About the time Mr. Percy Wing 
offered to give up his share of stock in that Long 
Island duck club, he turned his attention to 
pigeons. He had some pigeon coops built on 
the top of his house in New York City, but most 
of his birds were kept in the extensive pigeon- 
lofts he had erected at his place over in New 
Jersey. As he had plenty of money to buy 
what he wanted, he soon gathered as fine a 
collection of these birds as any one might care to 
see. He had several trumpeters and a number 
of black carriers. He bought pied pouters that 
could swell out their throats until they looked as 
though they had tried to swallow an orange. 
Among others were the pretty white fantails 
whose pride it was to spread their tails fan- 
fashion and strut about in a vain, peacock kind 
of way, as if trying to attract attention. Of 
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