LIVE STOCK DUNEDIN HORSE SALEYARDS.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXIII, Issue 40, 5 October 1905, Page 13

LIVE STOCK DUNEDIN HORSE SALEYARDS.

Messrs. Wright, Stephenson, and Co. t report as follows :—: — As waß to be expected after our special horse sale on Friday entries for Saturday were not so numerous as usual, and all the horses forward wero of a rather unsaleable olass, consequently business was not as good as on the previous day. There was a good at« tendance of buyers, many town contractors and farmers were present, roost of them on the look-out for sound young horses. suitable for shafting and farm work, and anything offering of these descriptions is readily placed at satisfactory prices. We quote; Superior young draught geldings, at from £50 to £55; extra good do (prizj horses), £56 to £65 ; superior young draught mares, £60 to £75 ; medium draught mares and geldings, £30 to £45 ; aged do, £17 to £30 ; upstanding carriage horses. £25 to £36 j well-matched carriage pairs, £80 to £100; strong spring-Tan horsea, £30 to £35 ; milk-cart and butchers' order-cart horses, £20 to £28 ; light hacks, £10 to £18 ; extra good hacks, £20 to £30 ; weedy and aged hacks and harness horses, £5 to £8.