APTLY NAMED.

Auckland Star, Volume LXIII, Issue 208, 2 September 1932, Page 10

APTLY NAMED.

MIRACLE COST I7OGS AND WINS OVER £16,000. ONCE A "SCARECROW." The King and Queen and the crowd at Sandown Park watched Miracle, a threeyear- old colt, which had been sold for 170gs as a yearling to Lord Roscbery, win the Eclipse Stakes worth £11,167, on July 15 - There have been many magical happenings in the long history of the turf, but no greater miracle will take place than the transformation of a horse, which looked «i scarecrow, into a- winner of many rich prizes and possibly the beet of his age in th? world in the autumn, writes "The .Scout" in the "London Daily Express." Miracle's gains to date are about £16,000, and he may be worth £50,000 as a sire in two months' time. Lord Beaverbrook has estimated that his ventures into owning and breeding cost him in a few years well over £150,000. He never won a great race before the pressure of work determined him on a complete dispersal of stud and stable. Among the untried yearlings he owned was Miracle. Miracle was immaculately bred. His sire Manna had won the Two Thousand and the Derby, and his dam Brodick Bay was the issue of one of Lord Derby's choicest matings. A Bag of Bones. But Miracle went to Ireland for a change of air—and it did not agree with him. The stud groom almost wept as a "bag of bones" left liiin to go into the sale ring a 4 Newmarket.

Only the most polite of buyers merely tittered, but the auctioneer and Lord Rosebery tried to be serious. Lord ltosebery made a hurried consultation with Mr. Jack Jarvis; the hammer , soon fell, and the "ugly duckling" was theirs! Mr. Jarvis had to be almost a plasterer as well as a trainer to get some flesh on Miracle. Patience paid. The colt came out and won for the first time at Goodwood last year. There were no laughs then, but still many criticfs. Miracle next won the famous Gimcrack Stakes at York—making his juvenile gains into £1781, and Lord Rosebery made the Gimcrack speech and prophesiseiT a great future for his horse from the bargain basement. The road to equine fame was, however, broken. Miracle had put his stock down to zero by failure in the Two Thousand Guineas, but Mr. Jarvis added more flesh, and he came back in the Newmarket Stakes, before running third in the Derby. Stud Value Doubled. Harry Wragg reckons he would have won at Epsom in a true-run race. Next came an Ascot buffeting and defeat, and now success by three lengths over the French-owned favourite Goyeecas in the richest and one of the most coveted prizes in England, It alone doubles a horse s stud value. Lord Beaverbrook has passed out ot racing. He will, however, receive as a little reminder of its lotteries and rewards, a cheque for £500 from the Eclipse because he was the breeder of the winner. PAKURANGA HUNT. MEET AT HOWICK. The weather was showery for the meet of the Pakuranga Hunt at Howick yesterday, but nevertheless followers were rewarded with some good runs. Several falls occurred, Miss Evelyn Martin, of Wiri, having her collarbone injured. Hounds were thrown off on Messrs. Sonierville's property, and a hare was soon started on the farm of Mr. J. Nicholas. It eventually made off in the direction of Whitford Gorge, and the hounds, after working it' out of rough country, lost it. Another hare was put up, and after completing three wide circles it was abandoned owing to the pack getting on (to a firesh hare. This was killed after a good run, the pace being so fast, and the country so difficult, that only the huntsman, Mr. P. H. Smith, and the whip, were up at the kill.

The riders included the master, Mr. H. Bullock-Webster on y Tally-ho; the huntsman Mr. P. H. Smith on Harkaway; the whip on Wanganui; Mr. A. E. Watkine, on Mercury; Mr. O. Self, on Thelma; Mr. A. Walker, on Koewhiwhi; Mr. C. Wallace, on Jumbo; Mr. G. Hamilton, on Amman; Mr. E. M. Tapp, on a bay; Mr. J. Moody, on Punch; Mr. D. Moore, on Bubbles; Mr. R. Court, on Lady Atom; Mr. A. Thompson, on a bay; Mr. G. Guy, on Diamond; Mr. W. Wilson, on Mareina; Mr. D. Mason, on Mary; Mrs. Wills McLaughlin, on Comedy; Mrs. A. G. Quartley, on Gay Laddie; Mrs. P. H, Smith, on Molly; Miss Woods, on Dominica; Miss M. Bailey, on Problem; Miss Rosita Sidebottom, on Safe Conveyance; Miss Jean Cox, on Flash; Miss P. Weston, on Fancy; Miss D. Weston, on Blue Light; Miss E. Martin, on Vixen; Miss P. Wrightson, on Cayenne; Miss M. Bennett, on Dixiana. CLAREMORE BACK AGAIN. Claremore has made his reappearance at Ellerslie and J. Lambess has the Cynic gelding in nice order to commence the new season. This horse has not been favoured with the best of luck since coming to Ellerslie, owing to the fact that his preparation has been stopped on several occasions through injuries. At his best Claremore is a useful performer, being a reliable jumper and a good stayer, and it is to be hoped that his trainer will have a change of fortune in the future.