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Feilding Star, Volume XVIII, Issue 137, 9 December 1896, Page 4

The following is an extract from the Boston Herald, U.S. A : — 11 8} MILES OP BICYCLE. ••rpHE Herald Bicyclo Parade has I proved to be not the hit of a dft», but the hit of the season, and no better proof of this can be had than the tact that there is not a single devotee of the wheel, man or wonmu, 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 8| MILES OP BEATJTIFOI., 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 very largelj made up of expressions of wonder at the size of :t all. Thousands never imagined the extant or the force or the yalne of cycling, and in quarters where once existed only dis* paragement there is now nothing but praiso. ♦• It is not amisp to say that wheeldom is all agog, and wherever cyclists get together, whether between the heats of excit'.ng 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 popular bictclb,' 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 tbis 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 bis wheel all others are as twinkling ttars 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 wkose 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 nun* dreds of thousands, and for the first 10 wheels in the list, those haying a poll of 70,000 or over, more than 2,000,000 BBLLOTB WEBB CAST. " The contest went on tor months, and when the end came THE WAMWICK WAS THE WJNNBB, • The victory of the Warwick had noth-ng uncertain about it ; it was as emphatic as a vote of 671,559 and ▲ LBA.P OK 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 bal> 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-KIOHT COMPETITORS. The following are those of the 98 Competitors best known to N.Z. Cyclists: — WARWICK 336 960 Columbia 235,365 Waverlej 85,379 Union -81,996 Steams 40,490 Spalding 10,«13 Sterling ... ... 9,315 Dayton 8.327 Barnes 4,307 Cleveland") White > ...Under 2,000 World ) ••The WARWICK subsequently won with 671,589 votes, and a lend of almost 200,000 over its nearest competitor." Soik Agent, F. J. W. FEAB, WILLIS STREET riie oldestsestublished practical Cycle Expert in Wellington Feilding Agent— Q. W. Fowtts F. J. SAYWBLL, (I«te of Saywell Bros., Feildinß), Shoeing and General Smith, BAWGIW AHIA, WISHES to announce to ihe aettlert. in the Bangiwahia and surrounding districts , that he has bought tbe Blacksmithing business lately carried on by Mr Bergerson, and hopes, by strict 1 mention to business and £ood worfcmftn -hip, combined with moderate charfet to merit a fair share o! patronage and Bepairs and Wheelwright Woirk doM. 9ko«iags>spMi*ltf» - '• /