EASILY HELD
SCULLING CHAMPIONSHIP.
A ONE-MAif RACE.
PADDON. AHEAD THROUGHOUT.
1 ' {Received 9.5' a.m.) ' 'This Day. The world's Schilling championship, contested on the Richmond River on Saturday , afternoon between James Paddon (holder), of Australia, and Darcy Hadfield (challenger), of ' New Zealand, was wan by 1 Paddon. ' t ' Large crowds witnessed the finish. The weather was fine. From as excellent; start Paddon immediately drew away, rowing freely, while Hadfiield was troubled by choppy water. When three : quarters of a mile had been covered the New Zealander tried to overtake Paddon, but rough water 3toj3j>ed him. ' At the mile Paddon was three lengths •ahead. At 21 miles ten lengths separated .the - boats.. . Qix ! reaching smooth water Hadfield appeared ,to be creeping up, but on rounding the bend his boat rocked badly in the rough, open water. Paddon won r by sevcml .lengths, accounts varying from six to twelve. , With official pronouncement still wanting, five different estimates of the length of Paddon's win have been circulated. The "Herald" makes it nine lengths and the '/Telegraph" six. After the race the umpire, Mr Beach, said it was a one-man race.' Paddon was never extended. ■ He declared that the course was a good one. Hadfield described Paddon as the fastest sculleT in tbje world. —A. and N."Z.
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Northern Advocate, 23 July 1923, Page 5
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