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Feilding Star, Volume XIX, Issue 108, 3 November 1897, Page 4

The following is an extract from the Boston Herald, U.S. A :— "8t MILES OF BICYCLE. " rpHE Herald BicycU 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 ia 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 8i 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 rery largely made up of expressions of wonder at the si2e 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'.nc; 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 sole, the principal topics of discussion. 11 Tho contest for bicycle popularity to decide which wheel of them all should bear the stamp 'THE MOST POPCLAH 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 zest that surpassed expectations. To every rider his particular wheel is the only wheel on earth, and in comparison with bis wheel ail others are as twinkling stars to the sun. " The riders' name is legion, and when the test of popularity was begun the legion tfot 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 loyally about the standards of the wheels which thry had cLoson. It socn bcarae 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 Ba T xors were cast. " The contest went on tor months and when tho cud came THE WAUWICK WAS THE WINJCFB, The victory of the Warwick had nothing uncertain about it ; it was as emphatic as a vote of 671,059 and A LKAD OF ALMOST 200,000 over its nearest competitor. "The winn'ng 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 bal* lotting. It is manufactured by he War*> wick Cyrle Company of Springfield, of which Mr F. J. W. Fear is Sole Agent for New Zealand." HOW THE VOTES STOOD ON THE 27th AUGUST. NINKTY-KIGHT COMPETITORS The following are those of the 98 Competitors be:t known to N.Z. yclists:WARWICK 326.960 Columbia 235,365 Waver! ey 85.379 Union 81,996 Steams 40,490 Spaldin? 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 oldest-established practical Cycle Expert in Wellington Fo'MJnp Afr«-nt « W F"WTH» PLOP TOE FIRS"MN 1888! rjUNLOP"jYRES FOREMOST EVER SINCE 1 1 Bewtre of Imitations. GUARANTEED FOR TWELVE MONTHS. INSIST upon faaviag DUNLOP WESTWOOD RIMS to your Machine. DDILIP PNEUMATIC TTEE Co., LIMITED. 128, Lichfield Stmxt, CHRISTCHURCH. F. W. COTTRELIT&TcO., Customs, Forwarding Agents, and General Carriers, QUEENS CH AMB ER S, WELLINGTON. fi OODS cleared at Customs and \JC forwarded to Country Clients on receipt of Invoices. Agencies — London and Australia. SOUGHT APTE^BY~ALI7 DRAGON~COFFEE. /^i UAEANTEED to be composed of \JT the finest Coffees, which are ims ported direct from the most celebrated plantations. DRAGON COFFEE Is absolutely free from adulterations. DBAGON COFFEE Is manufactured^only by THE EMPIRE COMPANY, Wellington. YlTe~o~t7Tnle", the Prbmikr Bicycle Oil, Is used by all the leading cluba in the Colony. BYKEOLINE Is the best bicycle lubricant in existence. Manufactured by BYKEOLIINE OIL COMPANY, New York, U S.A. W. & G. TURN BULL & CO,, Sole Agents for New Zealand. Pianoforte Lessons. LESSONS on the Pianoforte given For terms apply Miss Curtis, Manchester Street.