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New Zealand Tablet, 9 July 1908, Page 17

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DUNEDIN HORSE SALEYARDS.

' Messrs. Wright, Stephensori ? and Co. report as follows : — For Saturday's sale there was only a moderate entry of horses,? ' the whole lot, with three or four exceptions, being very "stale,.

and horses of that description are exceedingly hard to place, consequently business was limited. There were several buyers present for good young, sound geldings fit for town work, and all our consignments from the country changed hands at satisfactory prices. In draught mares and geldings of good stamp y^oung and staunch, a very good business could be 'done if any such were coming into the market. Spring-vanners and springcarters have not been so scarce in Dunedin for a very long time and any consignments of these sorts coming forward meet a ready sale and realise full rates. We quote : Superior young draught geldings, at from to £ 5 o • extra good ditto (prize-winners), at from £ 5 o to superior 'young draught mares, at from to medium draught mares and geldings, at from £ 3 o to £40; aged ditto, at from £j S io £20 ; well-matched carriage pairs, at from £ 7 o to £100 ; strong spring-van horses, at from £25 to milk-cart and butchers" order-cart horses, at from £ l B to l ight hacks, at from *>» to £i 3;i 3 ; extra good hacks and harness horses, at from *>*3 to £25 ; weedy and good ditto, at from £$ to £7.