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Feilding Star, Volume XVIII, Issue 279, 1 June 1897, Page 4

The following is an extract from the Boston Herald, U.S.A :— f "8$ MILES OF BICYCLE. "fTIHE Herald Bicycle Parade has I JL proved to be not the hit of a ] da*, but the hit of the season, and no Wtter proof of this can be had than the tact that there is not a single devotee of th« wheel, man or woman, who is not tagtr for a repetition of it, and another •hance to compete for prizes. "Then, too, the great display which went to make up TH» 8£ MILKS O* BEAtTTIFDL, 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> patagement 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 exciteng 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 populae bicycle, the last of the two battles to come to an end, was a battle royal, with a royal Yictoryasa final. Weeks and months did this contest go on, followed and participated in with an interest and a test that surpassed expectations, lo 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, 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 leceive them were buried under the avalanche. The cyclists rallied loyally about the standards of the wheels which they had chosen. It soon berame a record-breaking contest, boih in point of interest and in number of ballots. It was not a matter of thousands, but to theleadersitgrewintoa matter of hun> 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 BaLtors webb cast. 11 The contest went on tor months and when the end came THB WARWICK WAS THE WINKEE, 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 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 baN 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 COMPETITOES. The following are those of the 98 Competitors best known to N.Z. Cyclists: — WAEWICK 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 200,0C0 over its nearest competitor." Solk Agent, F. J. W. FEAR, WILLIS STBEET The oldest^established practical Cjch Expert in Wellington Fp ding Agent— G. W. Fowles AUSTRALIAN MUTUAL PROTIDENT SOCIETY. New Zealand Branch : Head Office, Customhouse Quay, Wellington. local Board of Directors : The Hon. Morgan S. Grace, M.D., C.M.G., M.L.C. (Chi irman) ; the Hon. Charles J. Johnston, M .L.C. (Deputy Chairman) ; Alfred de Bathe Brandon, Esq ; the Hon. 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