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Feilding Star, Volume XVIII, Issue 283, 5 June 1897, Page 4

The following is an extract from the Boston Herald, U.B.A :- «8£ MILES OF BICYCLE. "fTIHE Herald Bicycle Parade has J_ proved to be not the hit of a day, hut the hit of the season, and no letter proof of this can be had than the fMt that there is not a single devotee of fhe wheel, man or woman, who is not •after for a repetition of it, and another chance to compete for prizes. " Then, too, the great display which went to make up THE 85 MILES OP BEAUTIFUL, 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 yalue of cycling, and m quarters where once existed only disparagement 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 •xcit'.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 bicycle, the last of the two battles to come to an end, was a battle royal, with a royal Tictory as a final. Weeks and months did this contest go on, followed and participated in with an interest and a Best 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 tbe avalanche. The cyclists rallied loyally about the standards of the wheels which they had chosen. It sopn hcrame a lecord-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 having a poll of 70,000 or over, more than 2,000,000 BBLLors week cast. "The contest went on tor months and when the end came the wakwick was the winneb, 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 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 baK 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 COMPETITORS. 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 Spalding 10,613 Sterling 9,315 Dayton 8,327 Bames 4,3u7 Cleveland") White V ...UDder 2,000 World ) 11 The WAEWICK subsequently won With 671,589 votes, and a lead of almost SJOO.OCO over its nearest competitor." Sole Agent, F. J. W. FEAE, WILLIS STEEET The oldestsestablished practical Cycle Expert in Wellington f. ding Agent— G. W. Fowles AUSTRALIAN MUTUAL PRO VI DENT SOCIETY. New Zealand Branch : ' Head Office, Customhouse Quay, Weilikotoh. Local Board of Directors : The Hon. Morgan S. Grace, M.D., C.M.G., M.L.C (Chairman) ; the Hon. Charles J. John■too, M.L.C. (Deputy Chairman) ; Alfred de Bathe Brandon, Esq ; the Hon. 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