Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility. It seems strange that although amongst the Fancy proper there should be so few steadfast adherents to the Fantail, yet amongst those who keep Pigeons merely as a hobby, it is one of the most popular and largely kept varieties. Again, many fanciers of other varieties keep an odd pair or two of Fans just for the love of the thing, as they say, and because they like to see them about. Its graceful carriage and peculiar motion make the F antail a very interesting bird to anyone; in fact, at a show, no class attracts so much attention from visitors as does that set apart for the jaunty little Fan.
