£251 FOR TEAM OF FIVE

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 171, 6 August 1937, Page 6

£251 FOR TEAM OF FIVE

Brisk Demand for Good Sorts at Horse Sale STUD MARE SELLS AT £65 Plenty of interest was taken in the horse sale at Stortford Lodge this morning, when there was only a moderate entry of about 60 horses oifered. Where there was quality, tho demand was brisk and generally( tlie prices were satisfactory to vendors, fhough a few good animals failed to attract high enough bids to pass the reserve. Draughts were in fair supply, and the best ofEerings were keenly sought after. Hacks "were fairly plentif ul, but only a few were of outstanding quality. Generally they were not in great demand, though there were not many passings. The top price this morning, £65, was realised for a stud-book mare, Maraekakaho Lady Newton, sold on account of Mrs E. W. A. Elliott, of Mangatahi. The buyer was Mr J. W. McKay, of Waikari. t)ne of the special entries of the day comprised five splendidly-built and good-conditioned geldings rangii.g from six to nine years of age. They were oifered on account of Mr E. Gardiner, of Otamaire, and the lot realised £251 10/-, or an average of £50 apiece. A 7-year maxe sold 9on behalf of Webb 's Nurseries brought £62. An aged companion sold at £53, and several other good lines sold for round £50. Eollowiug are the realisations : — In good condition and broken to chains, a rising 3-three-old geldiug passed at £32 10/-. Two hack geldings in only fair order were passed u't £7 and £9 respectively. A splendidly-conditioned bay rising 5-yoar-old gelding, offered on account oi Mr David Wilson and broken to chains, sold for £50. A pen-mate a year younger was passed at £40. A light grey maro, aged hack, sold for £8. An aged gelding in good condition made £22 10/-. A Mohaka-bred lady's hack realised £13. An entry of four geldings from Bell Bros. ' Ben Lomond Station attracted attention. The first of the quartette, an aged gelding, went for £14, but his companions realised £36, £25 and £38. These three were in excellent condition, fresh-mouthed and broken to all work. Tho half-eentury was obtained by Mr J. Paton for a 9-year gelding, broken to chains and in excellent condition. The bidding started at £32 10/-t and there was keen eornpetition, The buyer was Mr C. Tattersal. Selling price for a bay pony mare was £9. Two aged gelding hacks of useful types were passed at £10 and £12 respectively. , On account of Mr W. McLeod, a 4-year-old bay mare, in good condition, stinted to Fernhill Design and bred by Mr J. C. Baird, sold for £50. A 9-year-oId mare, stinted to Bonny Glen and bred by Mr J. C. Baird, attracted plenty of attention. She was in good condition and ehowing excellent lines. She was oifered on behalf of Mrs E. C. Selby and was passed at £51. Several useful hackss realised from £6 10/- to £10. Oifered on behalf of Webb's Nursery, a good-mouthed aged mare, used to all work, in stud, started out at £45 and was sold to Mr M. Tkomas for £53. A 7-year-old companion also started at £45 and finished at £62, the purchaser being Mr A. Hickson. This animal was splendidly set-up and in excellent condition. A nuggety-built 7-year-old blac-k gelding hack passed at £17 10/-. A good aged bay mare, useful all round, realised £15. Stinted to a Matapiro draught colt, a roan mare, broken in to saddle only, sold at £8 10/-. A good useful S-year iild gelding knek passed at' £8 10/-. Ten pounds .purchased a 7-year-old bay mare, a good, useful sort. A 4-year-ohl bay mare passed at £7 A sound black five-year-old mare, hack, broken to saddle, from Mangateretere, fetched £13. In stud to Mr J. C. Baird' s Bonny Dale, the stud mare, Maraekakaho Lady Newton, 11-year-old, right out of the 'plough and broken .to all work was sold for £65. On behalf of Mr E. Gardiner, of Otaimaire, a sound hard-working 9-year-old gelding nettcd £40. Another entry from the same vendor, a rising eight-year-old gelding, sold ior £42 10/-, and a tkird ofEering of a six-year-old gelding went for £57. A i'ourth offering, an eight-year-old sold for £58, ainl the last of the entry, a rising seven-year-old, was disposed of for £54.. A six-year-old gelding hack, good jumper, and useful ali-round sort, sold at £21. Several likely-Jooking bay geldings ' were oifered on behalf of various vendors just after the luncheon adjourninent but iailecl ro reach reserve prices tl^e best bid oifered being £23 10/- for a seven-year-old. A strapping well-conditioned and free-moving four-year-old maro, off the AVaireki llills, realised *£39, the bell finding eornpetition keen. A well-conditioned nine-year-old liack gelding was passed in at £17 10/bnt a smart-looking chestnut pony mare sold at £9 10/Stinted to lioyal Prince, and off the Patoka country, a six-year-old bay "ture, in light condition, was well sought after at £16. An eight-year-old gelding from the same distriet went for £6, A 10-year-old , cremy mare, also stinted ' to Eoyal Prince, realised £17 10/-. An aL'-teamed eight-year-old bay gelding, one-eyed, sold for £11 10/while anothei Eoyal Prince stinted aged bay mare sold for £10. Pony buyers raised the bidding trom £5 to £10 for a four-year-old mare, broken to saddle, from Patoka, while a nine-year-old creamy gelding hack sold for £7 10/-.