SOME IMPROVERS

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 920, 13 March 1930, Page 15

SOME IMPROVERS

MODERATE TROTTERS SHOW FINE FORM WINDING THE WATCH With White Satin establishing a new record for th ree-year - old trotters in the Trial Handicap and Paradigm improving his handicap by a shade over 10 seconds in the Suburban Handicap at the recent Otahuhu fixture, there was no cause for complaint about the calibre of some of the competitors in this department. It may of course be contended by those experts who consider the competitors in this particular section “duds,” that White Satin was an exception to the field. No argument is used against this and the filly proved she was of exceptional merit in recording a three-year-old record for the race. But what about the other supposed “duds,” who were responsible for White Satin being compelled to put up record time? Who brought this about? Nope other than the despised Lady Ena, who prior to the meeting was showing improved form on the tracks. The mare trotted solidly almost to the last “ditch,” where she was unable to hang on. There was no disgrace, however, in her defeat and she put up her best effort to get second place. Rangitero, another trotter with pretensions to better class, finished third, and his attempt was a useful one. Paradigm a Good One When Paradigm, a genuine stayer, won on the second day., he was forced to go 4.41 3-5 off a 4.52 mark, whicr certainly placed him well outside the “dud” line. Who made the Hamilton trotter go So fast to win? Rangitero. who trotted his usual good mile and a-half, and despite a couple of bad breaks kept up the pace to force the winner to do something better than he had previously accomplished. This season Paradigm quite early demonstrated that he was going to make good. At Claudelands, in October, he won nicely over 13 furlongs, and the following week at Whangarei, he won a two-mile event in 4.52 off a 4.58 mark. At the Auckland spring carnival the Hamilton-owned trotter ran a fine race to finish second to Tamahine, knocking approximately four seconds off his handicap. Recently at Te Aroha E. F. Benjamin’s gelding was prominent in the picture with a second to Lord Haldane, in the 12-furlong heat, beaten a neck, while over the longer journey he finished a good third to Akenehi and Peterson. Having proved himself a solid trotter at both journeys, with a preference for the extra distance, it was surprising to find Paradigm at such long odds when he won on the second day of the Otaliuliu fixture. I-Ie proved himself a real trotter, well above the “dud” article, by clipping enough time off his handicap that would make a good hundred yards runner aspire to championship honours. Having won off 4.52, his next mark, under the full penalty, will be 4.47, so the son of Cliilde Audubon still has something to come and go on when he steps out in public again.