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Feilding Star, Volume XVIII, Issue 233, 5 April 1897, Page 1

The following is an ex ract from the Boston Herald. U.S.A. :— "8* MILES OP BICYCLE, "rpFTE Herald Bicycle Parade hai | proved to be not the hit of ft day, but the hit of the season, and no better proof of this can be bad than tho 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 whiok went to make up THE 8g MILBS OF BEAtTTIFFI, 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 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 quarters where once existed only dis* paragement there is now nothing but praise. '- It is not amiss to say that whi3eldom is all agog, and wherever cyclists get to* gether, whether between the heats of exciting races on the road or tn 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 ohoold bear the stamp 'THE MOST POPULAB BICTCM,' 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 nnd 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 iDterest and in number of ballots. It was not a matter of thousands, but to the leaders it grew into a matter of hun^ 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 Bailors webk cast. " The contest went on tor months, and when the end came THE WAJfWTCK WAS THE WINNIB, The victory of the Warwick had nothinguncertain about it ; it was as emphatic as a vote of 671,389 and A LEAP 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 bals lotting. It is manufactured by the Wars wick Cycle Company of Springfield, of which Mr P. J. W. Fear is Sole Agent for New Zealand." HOW THE VOTES STOOD ON THE 27th AUGUST. NINETY-EIGHT COMPETITOES. The following are those of the 98 Competitors best known to N.Z. Cyclists:— i 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 WARWICK subsequently won with 671,589 votes, and a lead of almost 200,000 over its nearest competitor." I * Solb Agent, F. J. W. FEAR, i WILLIS STEEET The oldest-established practical Cycle Expert in Wellington Feilding Agent— Gk W. Fowxeu CITIZENS 1 LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY (LIMITED). Head Oflice for New Zealand : Customhouse Quay, Wellington, fTIHE LARGEST, STRONGEST, £ X MOST PROGRESSIVE Indus, trial Office in Australasia. Cash Secur* ity given to N.Z. Government to cover riska of N.Z. Policy-holders. Policyholders now number 180.000. 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