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Feilding Star, Volume XVIII, Issue 285, 8 June 1897, Page 4

The following is an extract fiom the Beaton Herald, U. S. A :— r l*sl MILES OF BICYCLE. . ___ h ••nnHE Herald Bicycle Parade has 1 I proved to be not the hit of a ' lay, but the hit of the season, and no tetter proof of this can be had than the tact that there is not a single devotee of 1 ft* wheel, man or woman, who is not t eager for a repetition of it, and another •kanee to compete for prizes. " Then, too, the great display which i went to make up < THB 8. MILES OP BEAUTIFUL, interesting and instructive pageant had •n 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 in 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 excit'.ng races on the road or in the elnb 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 .■ear the stamp t 'THB MOST FOFCLiS BICYCLB, 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 test 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, snd when the test of popularity was begun the legion got to work. Ballots came in in bundles, in bags, in crates and in all wbjb, nntil 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 berarae a record-breaking contest, both in point •f interest and 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 haying a poll of 70,000 or over, more than 2,000,000 bbllots webb cast. •* The contest went on tor months Bid when the end came THE WAJtWTCK WAS THE WINNBB, The victory of the Warwick had nothing nncertain about it ; it was as emphatic is a vote of 671,589 and A lbad 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 tbe 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. 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: — 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 j " The WARWICK subsequently won with 671,589 votes, and a lead of almost 200,0C0 over its nearest competitor." Solb Aoent, F. J. W. FEAR, WILLIS STREET The oldest-*.establißhed practical CycU Expert in Wellington i-v ding Agent— -G. W. Fowles AUSTRALIAN MUTUAL PROVL DENT SOCIETY. New Zealand Branch : Head Offioe, Customhouse Quay, Wbilinstob. 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. (Deputy Chairman; ; Alfred de Bathe Brandon, Esq ; the Hon. 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