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Feilding Star, Volume XVIII, Issue 290, 14 June 1897, Page 4

The following is an extract from the Boston Herald, U.S.A :- r "8* MILES OF BICYCLE. . ■■_ i «npHE Herald Bicycle Parade has I _| ■ proved to be not the hit of a i lay, but the hit of the season, and no tetter proof of this can be had than the jhet that there is not a single devotee of fe« wheel, man or woman, who is not •ajpr for a repetition of it, and another gkance to compete for prizes. "Then, too, the great display which srent to make up THB 8£ MILKS OF BEAUTIFUL, interesting and instructive pageant had ■a educational effect on many thousands Among people who did not appreciate til* force that oycledom had become, the Herald parade is discussed, and the basis •f discussion is very largely made up of •uressions 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 wheeldom ft all agog, and wherever cyclists get to* ■ether, whether bstween the heats of exciting races on the road or m the club rooms, which are so comfortable these cool nights, the Herald's two big feasts are, if not the aole, the principal topics of discussion. ." The contest for bicycle popularity to iecide which wheel of them all should bear the stamp , 'THE MOST POPOIAB BICYCI.E, Che last of the two battles to come to an etfd, 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 ttit 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, B nd 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 tkey had chosen. It soon beriime a record-breaking contest, both in point of interest and in number of ballots. It wat not a matter of thousands, but to the leaders it grew into a matter of nun* dreds of thousands, imd for the first 10 wheels in the list, those haying iv p-.-ll of 70,000 or over, more than 2,000,000 Bailors webe cast. "The contest went on tor months and when the end came THB WAEWICK WAS THE WINNKB, 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 thnn 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. Feab is Sole Agent for New Zealand." HOW THE VOTES STOOD ON THE 27th AUGUST. ninety-eight competitobs. The following are those of the 98 Competitors best known to N.Z. Cyclists : - WAEWICK 336,960 Columbia 235,365 Waveriey 85,379 Union 81,996 Steams 40,490 Spalding 10,613 Sterling 9,316 Dayton 8,327 Barnes 4,307 Cleveland ") White > ...Under 2,000 World ) 11 Ihe WABWICK subsequently won with €71,589 votes, and a lead of almost 200,0^0 over its nearest competitor." Solb Agent, F. J. W. 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