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Feilding Star, Volume XVIII, Issue 274, 26 May 1897, Page 4

The following is an extract from the Boston Herald, F.S.A :— «8i MILES OF BICYCLE. •TTIHE Herald Bicycle Parade has JL proved to be not the hit of a day, but the hit of the season, and no better proof of this can be had than the fact that there is not a single devotee of tbe wheel, man or woman, who is not eager for a repetition of if, and another chance to compete for prizes. "Then, too, the great display which Went to make up THB 85 MILES OF BEATTTIFOL, interesting and instructive pageant bad »n educational effect on many thousands. Among people who did not appreciate the force that cycledom had hecome, the Herald parade is discussed, aud the oasis ol discussion is rery largely made up of expressions of wonder at the size of it all. Thousands never imagined the exttut or the force or the valuo of cycling, and in quarters where once existed only disparagement there is now nothing but praise. " It is not amis? to say that whecldom is all agog, and wherever cyclists set to* gether, whether between the heats of exciting races on the road or in the club rcoms, 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 oil should bear the stamp •the most populab bicycls, the last of the two battles to come to an end, was a battle royal, with a royal Tictoryasa final. Weeks aud 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 ■tars to the sun. "The riders' name is legion, ond 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 bcamo 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 niaferof him* 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 BaLLors weiik cast. "The contest went on tor months and when the end came THE WARWICK WAS THE WIJTKKE, The victory of the Warwick had nothing uncertain about it ; it was as emphatic as a vote of 671,589 and A. LEAD OF ALMOST 200,000 over its nearest competitor. " The winming 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 baU lotting. It is manufactured by the Wari wick Cycle Company of Springfield, of which Mr F. J. W. Fear is Bole 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 N,Z- Cyclists ; — WARWICK 336,960 Columbia 235,365 Waverley 85,379 Union 81,996 Steams 40,490 Bpalding 10,613 Sterling 9,315 Dayton 8,327 Barnes 4,307 Cleveland ") White [ ...Under 2,000 World j "The WAEWICK subsequently won with 671,589 votes, and a lead of almost 2C0,000 over its nearest competitor." Sols Agent, F. J. W. FEAB, WILLIS STBEET The c dest^established practical Cycis Expert in Wellington p ding Agent— Gr. W. Powles AUSTRALIAN MUTUAL PROI x DENT SOCIETY. New Zealand Branch : He&d Office, Customhouse Quay, Wellington. Local Board of Directors : The Hon. Morgan S. Grace, M.D., C.M.G., M.L.C. (Chairman) ; the Hon. Charles J. Johnston, M.L.C. 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