SAYS LITTLE FOR THEM

NZ Truth, Issue 1227, 6 June 1929, Page 13

SAYS LITTLE FOR THEM

Seatown To The Fore In The Cornwall Handicap PADDON IMPRESSES THE CROWD

(Prom ' 'N.Z. Truth V ' Special .Auckland Representative) . When Seatown took the Cornwall Handicap last Saturday it did not say a s greajt deal for the northern handicap class,

QEATOWN had'no racing for a couple iJ of months add had a fair load to • carry in' '9.6, but his speed prevented him from -getting' into ;an impossible position. ' ■ -, ' ' • •However, he was up against at least one promising newcomer to the handicap class m Paddon, .which always displayed a power o£ m the hack crowd, and at a difference of twenty pounds m Paddon 1 s favor it was only to be expected that, he would' be a source of annoyance if he could hit the front. The only doubt about Paddon was whether he would stay on, though it was noised abroad that ■ his party were not anxious on that score.. , ■■/.. ,; : _■" ' ..-,■/ He was accordlngijr supported to such extent that he wound up a good third favorite ltd Bisox and( Seatown. Bisox failed to run up to track lorm, but Paddon, which was always m the picture, singled himself out m the run home with Seatowh, and it was a dingdong finish between the pair which \ enßUed, resulting yin a neck , victory only for Seatown. ' ( , .

That fight signalled the. fact 'that Paddon id going to be a. tough. nut to crack m winter handicaps, and he may be just the sort, to race formidably m j a [Winter Cup. ' ': He has certainly come back to the turf better than ever— and looks it, too. High Pitch ran a respectable third, while the fourth put up by Hyde Pa^k left the impression that he would be all the better with a bit more racing. The poundage troubled Corinax sorely, though he appears to be as well as ever. Trainer Jack Butler was quite pre- { pared for the success of Seatown, despite the fact that the son of Archiestown had indulged m no recent racing prior to the contest. In fact, he told "N.Z. Truth" prior to the day that his charge had been working the right-handed way round at Stratford m preparation for the Cornwall, and tha£ the chestnut had done everything expected of him m his work. 1 v •■■" i Jack never has many horses, but he meets with his share of successes, notably with Toma of late years., .