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Feilding Star, Volume XIX, Issue 107, 2 November 1897, Page 4

The following is an extract from the Boston Herald, U.S. A :— "8£ MILES OF BICYCLE. •TTIHE Herald Bicycle Parade has I 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 is not eager for a repetition of it, and another chance to compete for prizes. " Then, too, tbe great display which went to make up THE 8* MILES OF BEAT/TIFtTL, 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 tbe 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 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 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's two big feasts are, if not the cole, the principal topics of discussion. " The contest for bicycle popularity to decide which wheel of them all should bear the stamp 'THE MOST POPULAR BICTCLB,' the last of the two battles to come to an end, was a battls royal, with a royal victory as a filial. Week 9 and months did this contest go on, followed and participated in with an interest and a aest that surpassed expectations. To every rider his particular wheel is the only wheel on earth, and in comparison with his wheel ail others arc as twinkling stars to the sun. "The riders' name is legion, end when the test of popularity was begun the legion got to work Ballots came in in bundles, in bags, in crates and in nil 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 they had chosen. It soon became 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 nun* dreds of thousands, aDd 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 cist. " 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 LBAD 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 baU lotting. It is manufactured by he Wars 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 ) " The WARWICK subsequently won with 671,589 votes, and a lead of almost 200,000 over its nearest competitor." Sole Agent, F. J. W. FEAR, WILLIS STREET The oldesNestablished practical Cycle Expert in Wellington IpJF fTCES. FIRST JN 1888! pUNLOP TYRES FOREMOST SINCE II Baw&re of Imitations. GUARANTEED FOR TWELVE MONTHS. INSIST upon haviig DUNLOP WESTWOOD RIMS to your Machine. BUHLOP PNEUMATIC TTEE Co., LIMITED. 128, Lichfixld Strut, CHRISTCHURCH. F. wT^COTTBELL & CO., Customs, Forwarding Agents, and General Carriers, QUEEN'S CH AMB ER S, WELLINGTON. GOODS cleared at Customs and forwarded to Country Clients on receipt of Invoices. Agencies — London and Australia. SOUGHT AFTER BY~ALL. DRAGON~COFFEE. /^i UARANTEED to be composed of VJT the finest Coffees, which are ims pcrted direct from the most celebrated plantations. DRAGON COFFEE Is absolutely free from adulterations. DBAGON COFFEE Is manufactured'only by THE EMPIRE COMPANY, Wellington. YKEOLINE, the Pbbmiis Bicycle Oil, la used by all the leading clubs in the Colony. BYKEOLINE Ie the best bicycle lubricant in existence. Manufactured by BTKEOLINE OIL COMPANY, New York, U S.A. W. & G. TURNBULL & CO., fJole Agents for New Zealand. Pianoforte Lessons. LESSONS on the Pianoforte given For terms apply Miss Curtis, Manchester Street.