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Feilding Star, Volume XIX, Issue 103, 28 October 1897, Page 4

The following is an extract from the Boßton Herald, U.S.A. :— "8£ MILES OP BICYCLE. •TpHE Herald Bicycl* Parade has _|_ proved to be not the hit of a day, but the hit of the season, and no better proof of this can be had than the tact that there is not a single devotee of the wheel, man or woman, who lfl 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 8* MILKB OF BEAUTIFUL, i interesting and instructive pageant had , an educational effect on many thousands. . Among people who did not appreciate the force that cycledom had become, the i 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 j the force or tho 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 whecldom is all agog, and wherever cyclists get to» gether, whether between the heats of excit'.ng races on the road or in the club rooms, which are so comfortable these cool nights, the Herald* two big feasts are, if not the sole, the principal topics of discussion. 11 The contest for bicycle popularity to decide which wheel of them all sho :ld bear the stamp t 'THE MOST POFCLAR BICTCLB, 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 lutereot and a rest that surpassed expectations. To every rider liis par'icular wheel is the only wheel on earth, and in comparison with his wheel ail others are as twinkling stars to the sun •• The riders' name is legion, and when the test of popularity wus begun the legion got to work Ballots came in in bundle*, 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 loyall* about the standards of the wheels which they had chosen. It soon bei-ame a record-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 &un» 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 BaT.Lors week cast. " The contest went on tor months aad when the end came THE WABWICK WAS THE WINNER, The victory of the Warwick had nothing uncertain about it ; it was as emphatic as a vote of 671,589 and A LEAP 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 baN lotting. It is manufactured by he War** wick Cycle Company of Springfield, of which Mr F. J. W. Fear 19 bole 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,«13 Sterling 9,315 Dayton 8.327 Barnes 4,307 Cleveland') White V ...Under 2,000 World J 11 The WABWICK subsequently won with 671,589 votes, and a lead of almost 200,000 over its nearest competitor." Solk Aoent, F. J. W. FEAR, WILLIS STBEET The oldest-established practical Cycle Expert in Wellington ipLOP TYRES. FIRST JN 1888! ])UNLOP T^ES FOREMOST EVER SINCE 1 1 Bawt.ro of Imitations. GUARANTEED FOR TWELVE MONTHS. INSIST upon having DUNLOP WESTWOOD RIMS to your Machine. BUKLOP PNEUMATIC TYRE Co., LIMITED. 128, Lichhiu) Strmt, CHRISTCHURCH. F. wT^COTTRELL~&TcO., Customs, Forwarding Agents, and General Carriers, QUEEN'S CH AMB KR S, WELLINGTON. GOODS cleared at Customs and forwarded to Country Clients on receipt of Invoices. Agencies — London and Australia. James Spiers Freeman, LAND AGENT Ashubst. THE Largest List of Farms in the District to select from. FEILDING STEAM TURNING WORKS. IN thanking my numerous patronß who have so liberally supported me for so many ye rs, I have to announce that, whil 1 have relinquished my former business, I am remaining in Feilding ; and may be iound on the same premises, where I : have starter a Wood Turning Factory. All orders will receive prompt atten* tion. The Trade supplied. Undertaking in all its branches as before. Hearse on hire. W. G. BHF.ABEB. Maw>h*>prer Street, Feildinff. For sale, a 'ILiGrae power steam engine (will work up to 3 bor,sc) and 3 horse power boiler, both complete with all necossary iittiuys. On view at Stab Office.