DUNEDIN HORSE SALEYARDS.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXI, Issue 32, 6 August 1903, Page 13

DUNEDIN HORSE SALEYARDS.

Messrs. Wright, Stephenson, and Co. report as follows :—: —

A fair number of horses came forward this week, principally medium draughts and ordinary harness hordes. The attendance of buyers was exceptionally good for a sale at which no very special consignments were announced. Messrs. Tonkin and Co.'s consignment of 12 medium draughts were the first to be offered, and these commanded really splendid values, considering that they were all just of useful class, suitable for the trams, spring-carts, and the like. The prices for this consignment ranged from £17 10s to £35. For one very strong spring-van five-year-old gelding we obtained £38 ; and for an eight-year-old dog-cart horse £25. A few other harness, horses changed hands at< equally satisfactory prices to the foregoing. The number of draughts forward was half a dozen, and these were eagerly competed for, and found new owners at the following prices : Brown gelding, eight years old, heavy shafter, £50 10s ; chestnut gelding, nine years old, waggon horse, £46 ; roan pelding, nine years old, active, nuggety, £47 ; bay gelding, aged, farm horse, £42 ; do, £38 ; do, £35. Taken

all through, the sale was one of the best we have had for some time, not even excepting that of the last shipment of Australian horses. We quote : Superior young draught geldings, £50 to £55 ; extra good, prize horses, £5C to £C 0 , medium draught marcs and geldings, £35 to £48 ; aged do, £24 to £34 ; upstanding carnage horses, £30 to £35 ; well-matched carriage pairs, £80 to £100 ; strong spring-van horses, £30 to £38 ; milk-cart and butchers' order-cart horses, £20 to £30 • tram horses, £16 to £28 ; light hacks, £10 to £16 , extra good hacks, £18 to £25 , weedy and aged hacks and harness horses, £3 to £8.