Achilles.
: It is announced that a limited number of approved mares will be taken to Achilles, this season. Achilles is a beautiful-ly-proportioned horse, standing slightly over .18 : hands, and for bone, power, arid ran.ps. ..+!;cnr is not his superior- m New Zealand.- His performances on the racing track, are well known, and perhaps "it? will be enough to say that he proved himself p. champion m each of the six seasons that he : 'raced, won nver all distances; anfi secured over- £OOOO m stakes. And. from his pTo-tvactert meing career he emerged with a cleah set of legs, and with his constitution unimpaired. As has been previously noted, his stock are remarkably promising, and cven^-hing points to his proving a most successful sire.
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NZ Truth, Issue 218, 28 August 1909, Page 2
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123Achilles. NZ Truth, Issue 218, 28 August 1909, Page 2
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