LIVE STOCK.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXX, Issue 20, 15 May 1902, Page 15

LIVE STOCK.

DUNEDIN HORSE BALEYARDS. Messrs Wright, Stephenson, and Co. report as follows :— The entries for this week's sale were of a very varied nature, consisting of about half a dozen medium draughts and a large number of hacks and light harness horses. A consignment of three-year-old colts suitable for spring-cart work, from the Teviot station, met with a fair sale, although the prices realised were hardly up to the owner's ideas of values. We offered on account of Mr. James Riddell. of Palmerston, a three-year-old medium draught filly, small, but of nioe quality, and under keen competition she was knocked down at £30 10s. A good number of harness horseß changed hands at from £10 to £15. We have at present inquiries for first-class draught geldings, young and staunch, suitable for town-carting, and also for good sound spring-dray horses, and consignments of these classes, we have no hesitation in saying, will meet with a ready sale. We quote :— Superior young draught geldings, £36 to £42 ; extra good, prize horses, £45 to £55 ; medium draught mares and geldings, £25 to £35 ; aged do., £12 to £18 ; upstanding carriage horses, £28 to £32 ; well-matched carriage pairs, £55 to £65 ; strong spring-van horses, £25 to £30; milk-cart and butchers' order-cart horees, £15 to £22 ; tram horses, £10 to £15 ; light hacks, £5 to £8 ; extra good hacks, £15 to £22 ; weedy and aged hacks and harness horses, £2 to £4.