SIRE HORSE SALE.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 6, Issue 1800, 29 September 1884, Page 2

SIRE HORSE SALE.

Messrs Lowes & lorns on Saturday last collected at their sire horse sale the best parade of racing and draught stock, that has been seen in the Wairarapa for many a long year. It was not anticipated that this new method of exhibiting horses would lead to very much business in the first year in the way of sales, and, as a matter of fact, the bulk of the entries were passed in, but no doubt when the public become accustomed to sales of this character, there will be a good deal of buying and selling in connection with them. Punctually at 2 p.m. a string of about twenty horses and ponies were led round a paddock in Bannister street, and after a few minutes had been devoted to inspection and admiration by the large crowd of spectators which had assembled, Mr lorns offered one horse after another till the whole list was despatched. The first put up to the hammer was Mr Vallance's beautifully bred Jiorse Yoltigeur, which, for breeding, Symmetry, and condition, was entitled to first place. The. first bid for this model of a horse was 200 guineas, and at 400 guineas the loc was passed in. Then came the new arrival at Lang-' dale, Crawford Priory, a showy horse, full of life, and with an unlimited, and unimpeachable ; pedigree. This grand horse like Yoltigeur was passed in at ;400 guineas.,. Voltigeur and Crawford Priory were, the crack horses of the parade. Premier who , succeeded them and who fetched a bid of 300 guineas, excited less attention, but this was not his want of merit but the fact that he was better known to one and all than the more recent arrivals, With sires like Voltigeur, Crawford Priory,, and Premier in the Wairarapa, breeders ought to be abie to hold their own against other districts. A handsome horse, Tocker & McKenzie's Admiral, brother to Southern Chief, by whom Wairarapa breeders ten years ago were wont to swear, came. next, and ran up to 120 guineas. But for a game leg lie would vie in points with some of the cracks who preceded him. A Danebury colt named Dubious followed and was knocked down to Mr Montgomery at 30 guineas. Then came a good horse, Mr T. Thompson's chestnut Piiillip the First which was passed in at a hundred guineas. Mr Carswell's Dan O'Connel], a well-made compact sire was the next to be offered, and elicited a few bids, but did not realize his value. A Marlborough bred horse, Doncaster, went as high as thirty-five guineas, and was then withdrawn for private sale, The pure-bred list concluded with Mr Druuimond's Signor for which fifty guineas were vainly offered. The next item in the programme was the trotting horses, and of coarse in this category Mr Wrati Stuari's Oakgrove claimed the lion's share of admiration. Bids ran' up rapidly, for this grand sire,, but his owner knew his value and was not to be tempted with 375 guineas, foung Cambden, a really useful carriage horse sire, came next but did not get beyond 35 guineas in the bidding. The draught stock was. then put through, Morrison's Bufus leading the way followed by Mr McMaster's Dugdale, a powerful compact horse that ran up to 150 guineas, at which sum he was passed in. An old favorite, Dainty Davie fetched 100 guineas in the bidding, Carswell's Laird o' Largo, and Harding's Gladstone which followed seemed to be decided favorites amongst the heavy horses, 275 guineas being offered for the' one, and 250 guineas for the other. Lord Nelson, one of the best horses on the ground also found many admirers. Three ponies, "Vallance's Rapid, Drummond's Commodore, and Jacques' Admiral finished up the show, 30 guineas were bid for Rapid, ,25 for Commodore, and 20 for Admiral.

More than one horse changed hands at the conclusion of the sale.

After the sale of sires, a number of brood mares and foals were submitted, nearly all of which were passed in, Several ordinary hacks and light harness horses were sold, the prices ranging from £5 to £9.