HORSE MARKET

Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1753, 30 January 1888, Page 2

HORSE MARKET

Me T. iJaUook reports for the week ending Saturday, January 28 : — There was again a lar^e entry, vfz , 50, and a special entry (5) which Mr Thomas ■old, making a total of 55 horsdu, Them was a moderate attendance of farmers, and biddings for modium dnughß suitable for farm work ware fairly spirited, bat more thau an average number of those brought forward for this sale were of a Tory inferior ntatnp, many of them being n class rvhhh farmers aro better rid nf at any sacrifice, and for these it wa« diffiaalt to obtain bldi, consequently there ware more turned oat unsold than for some weeks past. The prices realised for the medium draughtr, gold by Mr Thomas, were «a follows :-£23 10*, £25, £26 10?, and £31 10j. Oat of the ordinary entries eighteen we« sold as follows : — Medium draaahtß, 6-year-olds and ai?od, £18, £23, £23 }6s; inferior, £9, £10, £13; unbroken, 3 and 4 years old, of an inferior description, £6 5», £8 10 1 ; light harness horsee, £9; hacks, £3 15a to £6 10j, to description ; and for one of a better stamp £10 5s was obtained. A very nloe pony brought £10. Scrubbers f»t low ptljes, Suwdhies— Horse harnesß an! bugajy bron^ht £25 ; spring oart, £i4 lsi ; dray, £7 5 1. A quantity of no>v harness, sundries, etc., at market prices