SALE OF CLYDESDALE ENTIRE COLTS.

Otago Witness, Issue 2813, 12 February 1908, Page 24

SALE OF CLYDESDALE ENTIRE COLTS.

TLe New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company (Ltd.) Teports having sold- 1 On account of Mr Richard Irving, jun. (Clin--ton), and Mr Samuel Young (Outram), 2j valuable entire colts for shipment to Queensland. Mr Irving's Kuriwao King is an extremely well-bred colt, by General White (imp.), out of a Lord Hatfield mare-. General White i 3 by Ruseel's Fanry, g. sire Mac arthur; his dam Maggie, by Hard Times' both bred by Mr Joseph Mitchell, of Weston Oamaru. — Mr Samuel Young's Merry Scov land is also a. very well-bre'a anima!, his- sir* Merry Morning (imp.), grandsire Baron'a Pride— said to be the best breeding sir© in Scotland at the present time. His dami Jean, by Wall's Pride of Scotland, importedj from Scotland; his price 900 guineas when 1 twj jeftsa gljl, and cb.am£ion ay^ e f th»

Canterbury show for some years in succession. These two horses were purchased by Jfr J. H. S- Barnes for his Queensland stations, and the prices obtained were most Batisfactory. OTAGO FARMERS' HORSE BAZAAR. The Otago Farmers' Co-operative Association of New Zealand report —We h«ld our usual weekly horse sale at our bazaar on Saturday last. The attendance, especially of farmers, was only medium. The town carriers and contractors, however, were well represented. The entry of 45 horses was made up •■pi medium-weight cart mares and geldings, Tanners, spring-carters, and a number ol useful buggy horses, also a few light-weight hackneys. Consignments came from Milton, Clarendon, Berwick. Taieri, Wairarapa, Peninsula, and Waita-ti. Competition all around was somewhat dull, and in con-sequence sales were, difficult to effect. However, at the close of the day a considerable amount of business was done satisfactorily to vendors and buyers, & large proportion of the entry changing hands at auction and privately. The North Island shipment had a cotnp c clearance, going to fresh fields in diffeient parts of the province. A few of the local consignments were not so fortunate owing to owners' ideas of value being beyond those of ■buyers. The sale, however, was fairly satisfactory all round. We quote: Good useful draught mares and geldings (young and eound), from £35 to £45; lighter sorts and oldeT, £23 to £33; heavy lorry pairs from £80 -to £100; useful plough mares and geldings, £30 to £40; pedigree Clydesdale mares, to £150; good sorts of Clydesdale mares, suitable for stud purposes and general farm work, £40 to £47 ; carriage pairs, £80 to £100 ; spring-carters (good sorts), from £20 to £32; upstanding buggy mares and geldings, from £15 to £22; 'hackneys, from £12 to £18; lighter sorts, from £7 to £12. DTJNEDIN HORSE SALEYARDS. Messrs Wright. " Stephenson, and Co. report be follows:— The horses forward for last Saturday's sale were not numerous, and none of them were first class. There was the usual attendance of town carriers and contractors, but farmers were very poorly represented, the reason no doubt being that "they aTe too busy in the harvest held* at the present time. Owing to the poor selection the demand was slack, and sales were most difficult to effect. Still several horses changed hands at full values. We had several buyers in the yard for first-class heavy young draughts, also for spring-carters, but as our entry did not include anything suitable for their requirements they are still in the market. Heavy young cart geldings are very scarce, end any first-class horses coming forward meet a good market, and realise full rates. We quote: Superior young draught ge-ldings at from £45 to £50; extra good do (prizewinners), at from £50 to £55 ; superior young draught mares at from £50 to £60; medium draught mares and geldings, at from £30 to £40; aged do, at from £15 to £20; wellmatched carriage pairs, at from £70 to £100 ; strong spring-van horses, at from £25 to £30; milk-cart and butchers' order-cart horses, at from £18 to 435; light hacks, at from £8 to £13; extra good hacks and 'harness horses, at irom £13 to £25 ; weedy and aged do, at from £5 to £7.