The Badminton Magazine 1897-03: Vol 4 Iss 20 (1897)
Longman, Green & Co · leaf 24
THE history of the homing pigeon in this country is soon told. During the early part of the present century the bird, known under various names such as antwerps, skinnums, long-faced beards, and horsemen, was used extensively as a messenger by the commercial houses and for newspaper work. We read…
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