Dunedin Horse Saleyards.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXVIII, Issue 8, 22 February 1900, Page 15

Dunedin Horse Saleyards.

Messrs. Wright, Stephenson, and Co. report as follows :—: — The entries were not so numerous as at its predecessor, still there was a very fair muster of horses, and as the supply was made up for the most part of country consignments, from Tuapeka, Tokomairiro, North Canterbury, and Hampden, a good amount of trade was done. Buyers for almost all classes were present in force, and sales were not difficult to effect where vendors were reasonable in their ideas of values. A few heavy draught geldings, six and seven year old horses, the only ones forward, were sold at from L 37 to L 45 ; one heavy spring-van mare brought L 315, and about a score of useful hacks and harness horses were sold at from LlO to Lls, and a couple of extra good remounts privately at L 25 and L 22 respectively. Most of the light harness horses were sold for the up-country rabbit trade. The demand for all clafses of horses has been more active during the past fortnight than we have seen it for some months. We still recommend our country friends to send in at once any good draughts or light

horses they have for sale. We quote as follows : — Superior young draught geldings, L4O to L 45 ; extra good prize horses, L 46 to LSO ; medium draught mares and geldings, L3O to L3B ; aged do, L2O to L 27 ; upstanding carriage horses, L 25 to L3O ; well-matched carriage pairs, LSO to L6O ; strong spring van horses, L 22 to L2B ; milk cart and butchers' order cart horses, Lls to L2O ; tram horses, L 8 to Ll2 ; light hacks. L 6 to LlO ; extra good do, Lls to L 25 ; weedy aud aged hacks and harness horses, L 2 to L 5.