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Feilding Star, Volume XVIII, Issue 203, 1 March 1897, Page 1

The following is an extract from the Boston Herald, U.S.A :— "8i MILES OF BICYCLE. "fTIHE Herald Bicycle Parade has JL proved to be not the bit of a day, 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 woman, who is not eager for a repetition of it, and another chance to compete for prizes. " Then, too, the great display whioh went to make up THE 8. MILES OF BEAUTIFUL, interesting and instructive pageant had an educatioual 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 largely made up of expressions of wonder at the size of it all. Thousands never imagined the extent or the force or the value of cycling, and in 1 quarters where once existed only disparagement there is now nothing bat praise. " It is not amiss to say that wheeldom is all agog, and wherever cyclists get together, whether between the heats of excit'.ng races on tbe 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 pop.lah. 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 Bes t 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 I the test of popularity was began 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 receivo them were buried nnder 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 aod in number of ballots. It was not a matter of thousands, but to the leaders it grew into a matter of hundreds 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 BSLLOTS WEBE CAST. " The contest went on tor months, and when the end came THS WAUWICK WAS TWE WINKBB, The victory of the Warwick had nothing uncertain about it ; it was as emphatic as a vote of 671,589 and A LB AD OF ALMOST 200,000 over its nearest competitor. " The winning machine is 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 ballotting It is manufactured by the War* wick Cycle Company of Springfield, of which Mr F. J. W. Feab is Sole Agent for New Zealand." HOW THE VOTES BTOOD ON THB 27th AUGUST. NINETY-EIGHT COMPETITORS. The following are those of the 98 Competitors best known to N.Z- Cyclists:— WARWICK 836,960 Columbia 235,365 Waverley 85,379 Union 81,996 Steams 40,490 Spalding 10,618 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 lead of almost 200,000 over its nearest competitor." Sol*** Agent, F. J. W. FEAR, WILLIS STREET The oldest-established practical Cycle Expert in Wellinoton Feilding Agent— G. W. Fowles CITIZENS' LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY (LIMITED). 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