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Feilding Star, Volume XIX, Issue 7, 8 July 1897, Page 1

4Or> fg W. S. HART, GUN MAKER, Main Stbeet Wet, PalmebstonNoht IMPORTER OF GUNS, Ac, at every fporting Qequisite, from the best English makers. W. S. H., being a Practical Gni maker, can be relied on as being capab of doing sound work of anyfkind prompt! and reasonably. All Cartridges ai loaded on the premises, and the best 1 G guaranteed. Tho '• Field " trial load mc of 3 drams of Curtis aad Harvey : 1 Diamond Gram ' gunpowder No 6, 1 Jo of shot, iind 4 wads. My best cartridg( cannot be beaten. Try them again: others. Also, cartridges filled wit bmokeless Gunpowders ; Schultze, S, 8 and E.G. cartridges filled to order wit any special loading. Repairs promptly executed, Guns re browned, re-stocked, &c. Evnry description of Guns imd Sport mg Requisite at Lowest Prices. Second band Guns bought and ex changed. TTTRVT* nASTT. NOTICE. mRESPASSERS with do# or gui X on the properties of the under signed at Beaconsfield will be prose cuted without further notice. R, J. STT7ARI I J. CORPE James Spiers Freeman, LAND AGENT ASHURST. fTIHE Largest List of Farme in th< J District to Belect from. The fol'offiug is nn eximct fiom th< Boston Herald, U.^.A :— "8$ MILES OF BICYCLE, " rpHE Herald Bicvclo Parade has X proved to be not the bit of a day, but the hit of the season, and nc better proof of this can be had than the tact that there is not a single devotee ol the wheel, man or woman, who is not eager 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 ol expressions of wonder at the size of it all Thousands never imagined the extent 01 the force or the value of cycling, and it [ quarters where once existed only dis< I paragement there is now nothing bul praise. '• It is not amiss to say that wheeldon is all agog, and wherever cyclists get to> gether, whether betweea the heats oi excit'.ng races on the road or in thi club rooms, which are so comfortabl* these cool nights, the Herald's two big feasts are, if not the sole, the principa topics of discussion. " The contest for bicycle popularity t< decide which wheel of them all shouk bear the stamp 'the most popular bicyclb,' the last of the two battles to come to ai end, was a battle royal, with a roya victory as a final. Weeks and monthi did this contest go on, followed anc participated in with an interest and 1 zest that surpassed expectations. T( every rider bis particular wheel is _ th( only wheel on earth, and in comparisoi with his wheel all others are astwinklini stars to the smn. " The riders' name is legion, and whei the test of popularity was begun thi legion got to work. Ballots came in ii bundles, in bags, in crates and in al ways, until those whose duty it was t< receive them were buried under thi avalanche. The cyclists rallied loyally about the standards of the wheels whicl they had chosen. It soon became 1 record-breaking contest, both in pom of interest and in number of ballots. I was not a matter of thousands, but t the leaders it grew into a matter of nun dreds of thousands, and for the first Ii wheels in the list, those haying a poll 0 70,000 or over, more than 2,000,000 laiLors week cast. " The contest went on tor months and when the end came THE WAIiWICK WAS THE WINKER, The victory of the Warwick had nothmi uncertain about it ; it was as emphati as a vote of 671,589 and A LEAP OF ALMOST 200,000 over its nearest compotitor. " The winaing machine ifl one that i well and favorably known to all cyclists and nothing can better prove this thai the big vote and final result of the bal lotting. It is manufactured by the War wick Cycle Company of Springfield, 0 which Mr F. J. W ; Fear is Sole Agen HOW^HE* VOTES STOOD ON TH] 27th AUGUST. NINETYnEIGHT COMPETITORS. The following are those of the 98 Com pchtors best known to N,Z. Cyclists.--WARWICK 336,960 Columbia 235,365 Waverlcy 85,379 Union 81,996 Steams ... „. 40,490 Bpalding 10,613 Sterling 9,315 Dayton 8,327 Barnes 4,307 Cleveland") While V ...Under 2,009 World ) "The WARWICK subsequently wo with 671,589 votes, and a lead of almos 200,000 over its nearest competitor." Solk Agent, F. J. W. FEAR, WILLIS STREET Tbe oldestsestabliahed practical Cycl Expert in Wellington Teilding Ag<?ut-G. W. Fovvlbs