LIVE STOCK.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXI, Issue 35, 27 August 1903, Page 13

LIVE STOCK.

DUNEDIN HORSE SALE YARDS. Messrs. Wright, Stephenson, and Co., report as follows :—: — Following yesterday's special sale of draught horses there was a very poor entry of this class for our weekly sale ; but of light harness horses there was a fair sup% ply, including a score of useful, but somewhat overworked, horses from the city tramways department There was a good demand for this consignment, and it was disposed of at highly satisfactory prices— viz., from £9 to £20. Other sales effected were an upstanding five-year-old dog-cart horse at £25 ; another at £24 ; and light useful harness horses at from £14 to £22. The two aged draught geldings forward changed hands at £34 10s and £30 respectively. Privately we sold a pair of splendid upstanding five-year-old geldings at £117 10s the pair We quote : Superior young draught geldings, £50 to £60extra good, prize horsey, £61 to £65 ; medium draught mares and geldings, £35 to £48 ; aged do, £25 to £34 • upstanding cariiage horses, £30 to £35 ; well-matched carriage pairs, £80 to £100 ; strong spring-van horses, £30 to £37 ; milk-cart and butchers' order-cart horses £20 to £28 ; tram horses, £14 to £25 ; light hacks, £10 to £18 ; extra good hacks, £20 to £30 ; weedy and aged hacks and harness horses, £4 to£B.