ENGLISH CART HORSES.

South Canterbury Times, Issue 2548, 21 May 1881, Page 2

ENGLISH CART HORSES.

The BaH of Ellesmere, who recently visited Australia, owns at his seat, Worsley Hall, the finest stud of shire or English cart horses in England. Worsley Hull has also for years been famous as the house of one of the finest breeds of pigs to be found anywhere. It was from this stud that the “ Honest Tom ” blood, so popular with New South Wales breeders, was drawn. So near a state of perfection have the Worsley pigs also been considered to have arrived at that they are anxiously sought after by buyers from the Continent, America, and all parts of England. On February 10 last a sale of horses and pigs was held at Worsley Hall, and, notwithstanding the depressed state of the times, the prices realised were highly encouraging. A draft of thirty-five horses—stallions, brood mares, and fillies were offered, the whole of which were sold at prices ranging from 200 to 240 guineas for stallions, 40 guineas to 200 guiueas for mares, and 31 to 200 guineas for fillies, several of the best being bought for Germany ; the average of the thirty-five sold was 83 guineas. The whole of the sixty pigs offered were sold at prices varying upwards to 25 guineas, the general average of the sixty being 11 guineas. The Queenslander fails to discover the names of any Australians amongst the buyers.