DUNEDIN HORSE SALEYARDS.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXV, Issue 30, 26 November 1897, Page 13

DUNEDIN HORSE SALEYARDS.

Messrs Wright, Stephexsox, and Co. report as follows for Saturday. November 20 :—: — There was a miserable display of horse? at this week's sale. The supply consisted of a couple of fair draught geldings, half a dozen aped and inferior draughts, and some twelve or fifteen ligl.t horses of very nondescript character. In consequence of the unsuitability of the horses forward, a very meagre amount of business wca transacted, and scarcely any of the buyers, of whom there were quite a number in the yard, were abla to supply their requirements. A score of good draught mares and geldings, young and staunch, could readily have been placed at quotations, and there were buyers present for as many useful light harness horses. Powerful upstandI ing waggonette and carriage horses are also wanted. We have

customers just now for two pairs of this description. Two special sales will be held during show week, the one on Friday morning, the 26th inst., at 9.30 o'clock, at our saleyards, when will be offered, on account of the Hon. George McLean, the annual draft of the Warrington thoroughbred yearlings, by St. Clair from such mares as Ledgerdemain, Mistral and Indolence ; following tihese will be sold, on account of Mr. Twentyman Hodgson (of Papanui), 20 useful draught mares and geldings and light harness horses. The second special sale will be held on Saturday morning, at the same hour and place, when will be offered a large number of draught mares and geldings and light harness horses. The attention of our country friends is particularly directed to these two special sales. Vr'e quote : First-class young draught marcs and geldings, L 35 to L4O ; good do, L2B to L 33*: medium draught mares and geldings, L2oto L 25 ; aged do, Ll2 to LlB ; first-class hack and light-harness horses. LlB to L 2."> ; good do, Ll2 to Ll7 ; medium do, L 7 to LlO ; aged and inferior. L 2 to L 5.

Mr. F. Meenan, King street, reports : — Wholesale price only — Oats : Quiet ; feed, medium to good, Is Gd to Is 8d ; milling, Is lOd to 2s : fowls' wheat, 2s Gd to 3s (Id ; milling, 4s 3d to 4s 6d ; chaff L 2 17s Gd to L 3 10s. Ryegrass, hay, L 2 10s to L:5. Straw 24s per ton ; loose, 28s. Potatoes, LI to LI 10s per ton. Flour : Roller, Ll2 to Ll2 10s; Oatmeal: Lll in 2olbs. Butter: Dairy, 5d to 8d ; factory, lOd. Eggs, 8d ; Bran, L 3. Pollard L 3 15s. Onions, 'Frisco, LIG per ton.