Page 4 Advertisements Column 5

Feilding Star, Volume XVIII, Issue 120, 19 November 1896, Page 4

The following is an extract from the Boston Herald, U.S. A : — "8± MILES OF BICYCLE. THE Herald Bicycle Parade has proved to be not the hit of a daj, but tho hit of the season, and no better proof of this can be had than the i tact that there is not a single devotee of the wheel, man or woman, who is not eager for a repetition of it, and another chance to compete for prizes. " Then, too, the great display which went to make up THE 85 MILES OF BEAUTIFUL, interesting and instructive pageant had an educational effect on many thousands Among people who did not appreciate the force that cycledom had become, the Herald parade is discussed, and the basis of discussion is Tery largely made up of expressions of wonder at the size of it all. Thousands never imagined the extent or the force or the yalne of cycling, and in quarters where once existed only dis» paragement there is now nothing but praise. '• It is not amiss to say that wheeldom is all agog, and wherever cyclists get to* gether, whether between the heats of exciting races on the road or in the club rooms, which are so comfortable these cool nights, the Herald's two big feasts are, if not the sole, the principal topics of discussion. . " The contest for bicycle popularity to decide which wheel of them all should bear the stamp 'the most popolab bicycle,' the last of the two battles to come to an end, was a battle royal, with a royal victory as a final. Weeks and months did this contest go on, followed and participated in with an interest and a zest that surpassed expectations. To every rider his particular wheel is the only wheel on earth, and in comparison with his wheel all others are as twinkling stars to the sun. " The riders' name is legion, and when the test of popularity was begun the legion got to work. Ballots came in in bundles, in bags, in crates and in all ways, until those whose duty it was to receive them were buried under the avalanche. The cyclists rallied loyally about the standards of the wheels which they had chosen. It soon became a record-breaking contest, both in point of interest and in number of ballots. It was not a matter of thousands, but to the leaders it grew into a matter of nuns dreds of thousands, and for the first 10 wheels in the list, those having a poll of 70,000 or over, more than 2,000,000 BaLLOTS WEKE CAST. " The contest went on tor months, and when the end came THE WAKWICK WAS THE WINNEB, The victory of the Warwick had nothing uncertain about it ; it was as emphatic as a vote of 671,589 and A LBAP OF ALMOST 200,000 over its nearest competitor. " The winning machine id one that is well and favorably known to all cyclists, and nothing can better prove this than the big vote and final result of the baU lotting. It is manufactured by the War-* wick Cycle Company of Springfield, of which Mr F. J. W. Fear is Sole Agent for New Zealand." HOW THE VOTES STOOD ON THE 27th AUGUST. NINETY-EIGHT COMPETITORS. The following are those of the 98 Competitors best known to J$,Z. Cyclists: — WARWICK 336,960 Columbia 235,365 Waverley 85,379 Union 81,996 Steams 40,490 Spalding 10,613 Sterling 9,315 Dayton 8,327 Barnes 4,307 Cleveland ") White > ...Under 2,000 World ) " The WAEWICK subsequently won with 671,589 votes, and a lead of almost 200,000 over its nearest competitor." Solr Agent, F. J. W. FEAE, WILLIS STREET The o'dest-established practical Cycle Expert in Wellington Feilding Agent— Q. W. Fowxbs F. J. SAYWELL, (Late of Saywell Bros., Feilding), Shoeing and General Smith, WISHES to announce to the settler* in the Eangiwahia and surrounding districts that he has bought the Blacksmithing business lately carried on by Mr Bergerson, and hopes, by strict attention to business and good workmanship, combined witk moderate charges to merit a fair share of patronage and •upport. ... «y i_ j * Eepairi and Wheelwrignt Work done.