AFTER THE GREAT RACE.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18468, 3 August 1923, Page 11

AFTER THE GREAT RACE.

,'7', : ' F '',.i' ■',■.'.,'; '..;' ■ —.—-i ' " <». ' ; __7i-:•■:■:,;:.,*;./•.■'■:.)> ''■'■'::.: .' ; "' ■'.' 'KX'V-■''''• •.;: ■:■■':' ■'.'■;•:. •■■■'., ,'i ;..;■'-' :< «;'.;;-»■:«. :'■;'■'.-;'.' :■ ■ '■ ' PADDON'S HOSPITALITY. OPPONENT ENTERTAINED. After Ins victory in the worldVicham-,..; pionship sculling race, Paddoir entertained his defeated .opponent and party, and ia : number' of friends,: at nis fishing station . at'; the month of; the 1 ; picturesque //_ Biver at Evans Head. AH ■;, the worried .' look he had ' before-,the. race was gone.'- " He' gave the New Zealauders' and 'the press V representatives a most hospitable /time . at lunch, and '1 up]. the river, /in his. motor-, 1,// rlaunch. He and Hadfield had a' r dozen J , ! shots 'at;; flocks \of j birds, but as, they are • not such • good shots as scullers ; all the birds escaped. " [■„ ' ,-,-,„« /'•, V ' ' Mrs. -. Paddon and ; five-' rosy-cheeked „ " children took some of the -party/-to/where the • champion cut •■:, the victory • take. • surmounted by a. kewpie. . '.[. -, '-'.'.- ".' '■!}, Paddon admitted \it . was s an' easier, than he had expected., He-was rather nervous before going to the/post,' but* from - the time his sculls hit the water lie 'was,-';'-': not : extended/; and knew he had the ad- - vantage. - ~ '' ,'.'.-' ': •'■•.-Personally, he would rather,not race for ; yKj the title ; again, but -his supporters,think ;-,>.' '■■■, he should.' He has not made-any; plans for /the. future, but ■thinks//of- .Settling•-< ;; to fishing and oyster leases. /.."•(''':,;., O^' Hadfield also said that probably;! Paddon " would not do, any more big racing." Tbijre . was no coming champion in New Zealand. Three amateurs were talked'of, but , they /' C, were not iii the front 1 rank. ..;_ His sup-..■•■■■: porters vdid not favour a' '..'match with , Hannan. * ~„'*'' . "/ The money for the race on the <: ;. Richmond .-; River" is - aHsout . £500. ', Boats' following the race took *298. ' Local con- >~• fidence in Paddon was , shown. by the fact ; that the stake was over-subscribed' by , '■■ ! £200. '■ . ■.:'-■•"