Mesorat%20hashas for Eduyot 2:7

שְׁלֹשָׁה דְבָרִים אָמְרוּ לִפְנֵי רַבִּי עֲקִיבָא, שְׁנַיִם מִשּׁוּם רַבִּי אֱלִיעֶזֶר וְאֶחָד מִשּׁוּם רַבִּי יְהוֹשֻׁעַ. שְׁנַיִם מִשּׁוּם רַבִּי אֱלִיעֶזֶר, יוֹצֵאת אִשָּׁה בְעִיר שֶׁל זָהָב, וּמַפְרִיחֵי יוֹנִים פְּסוּלִים לְעֵדוּת. וְאֶחָד מִשּׁוּם רַבִּי יְהוֹשֻׁעַ, הַשֶּׁרֶץ בְּפִי חֻלְדָּה וּמְהַלֶּכֶת עַל גַּבֵּי כִכָּרוֹת שֶׁל תְּרוּמָה, סָפֵק נָגַע סָפֵק לֹא נָגַע, סְפֵקוֹ טָהוֹר:

Three things were said before R. Akiva, two by R. Eliezer and one by R. Yehoshua. Two by R. Eliezer: A woman may walk out (on the Sabbath) with "a golden city" [a golden crown in the form of the city of Jerusalem; and we do not fear that she may take it off and show it to someone and come to carry it four amoth in the public domain]. And (he said): Pigeon-flyers are unacceptable as witnesses. ["pigeon-flyers" — "gamers," i.e., If your pigeon beats my pigeon, I will give you this and this." Or, one who trains a pigeon to divert other pigeons to his coop, (which is "theft" vis-à-vis "the ways of peace" (darkei shalom), but not actual theft)].

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