FIRST ACRE'S RECORD
The news from Melbourne that First Acre has strained a tendon and ' will, be retired irom the Turf will be regretted by all who admire a thoroughbred, and such an "iron horse" and regularly successful performer as First Acre has been.
' Now in his ninth year, First Acre was the first progeny of that successful sire, Acre, .whose stock has done so well in this -Dominion!. He contested, no. fewer than 109 races in-New: Zealand, where he won-, £4096^ in stakes. His l^ecorcJ here is 109 starts; 17 wins, 13 seconds, and 15 third placings. His two best seasons were as a ■three-year-old, when he won £1220, and "as'-a'/fotit-year-old, when his stake-eavn-ihgs, reached £2176. On the first-mention-ed occasion; he contested 2J races; and; during His next year lie'faeeft the -barrier on ;nq fewer' than 39'occasion^", During the past, tliree'seasons Fir^'^cte h^ done nipst' of; :hjs. racing, in: jAiistita'liay :^here his. ; victpries::• haye x been - evjeftSmo^s'^pror nounced than1 those: liß';regisrefe'd "in New Zealand. ' : -'; -'-.v1-:. -.'; y' ■•'" ■iV'":-'°
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Evening Post, Volume CXIII, Issue 57, 8 March 1932, Page 4
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FIRST ACRE'S RECORD
Evening Post, Volume CXIII, Issue 57, 8 March 1932, Page 4
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