DUNEDIN HORSE SALEYARDS.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXI, Issue 26, 25 June 1903, Page 13

DUNEDIN HORSE SALEYARDS.

lows^— S ' S Wllffht ' Su 'l>henson, and Co report as fol-

J here was a fine array of horses for this week's sale, between SO and 90 coming under the auctioneer's hammer The entries Included o\er 30 draught horses most of them ol a very serviceable class, whilst a few of the iroldings were really first-class The draught horses came principally fi om Oamaru, Shag Valley and Tapanui districts, and, being all fresh horses, mostly in their prime, they commanded keen competition and excellent prices The feature of the sale however was a. consignment from the North Island of 15 of the best spring-cart and tram-car horses we have ever seen in D.medm The large entry of both classes of horses naturally resulted in a good attendance of town and country buyers, and it is satisfactory to be able to report that most of the horses oflVred changed hands at very full a allies Draught horses— The principal sales were as lollow: Brown eeldinir. s,x >ears. a %erv powerful shafter, X") 6 , black colt, lour years, broken to chains £50bay mare, fi\e yeais, broken to chains, £48- bay' treld' ing, eight years, £48 ; black mare, six years ' £46 • bay mare, six years. £45 ; bay mare, b.v Bold Boy. seven years, £44 ; ray mare, se\ en years, £44 10s bay mare £4 3 ; black mare, £42 In addition to these, about 25 other horses were sold at from £23 to £41. Harness horses— About 30 found new owners. We quote the dH ces paid for the North Island consignment as underBlack gelding, five years, broken to chains, £30 • black gelding, four years, broken to double harness' £19black mare fne years, £25 , black mare, five ' years' broken to chains, £28 10s : bay mare, fi\e years unbroken, £20 ; bay mare, five years, unbroken' £27- bay gelding four years, unbroken, £21 10s; bay mare, 'three \eais, £21 10s ; bay gelding, six years £21 10s - bay irelding, five years, £24 10s ; bay mare, five years' £24 • grey gelding, four years. broken to chains, £27 •' and grey mare, five years, broken to double harness' £<>i lOs We quote market \ alues as follows : —Superior young draught gelrhngs, £50 to £55 : extra good pri™ horses £56 to £63 ; medium draught mares and Wo Idings, £36 to £48 ; aged do, £25 to £35 ; upstanding

carriage horses, £30 to £35 ; well-matched carriage pairs, £70 to £90 ; cart and butchers' order-cart horses, £20 to £ii 7 ; tram horses, £18 to £28 ; light hacks, £10 to £15 ; extra good hacks, £18 to £25 ; weedy and aged hacks and harness horses, £4 to £8.