DUNEDIN HORSE SALEYARDS,

Otago Witness, Volume 11, Issue 2280, 11 November 1897, Page 15

DUNEDIN HORSE SALEYARDS,

Messrs Wright, Stephenson, and Co. report as follows for Saturday, November (J :—

For Saturday's sale there was a fair muster of horses, chiefly diaughts, the majority of them very old, but includiug three or four firßt-class young , marcs and geldings. The ynung horses found purchasers at from £30 to £35,"bnt for the aged ones there was very little demand, and only a few of them changed hands at from £18 to £22. Powerful cart gelding?, suitable for heavy waggons, lorries, and carts, are much wanted by the town carriers and others, and a first-class draught mVre v can always be sold at full value. Consignments* of aged and iiifeiior draughts we cinnnt recommend for this mailcet. Th j number of light harness horses forward was -small, but those that were young and ot good stamp sold readily at quotations. There is plenty of inquiry at the present time for the fallowing .cliihses of light horse3 — viz , strong upstanding spring van, spring cart, and twin way horses (if young aud sound), for first-class buggy horses and for well-bred weight-carrying backs for lady's "hacks. Cousignments of any of th-se classes cm be disposed of to advantage in the Dunediu market just now. We quote as follows : First-class youDg draught maies and geldings, 1£35 to £40 ; good do, £28 to £33 ; medium draught ma'es and geldings, £20 to £25 ; aged do, £12 to £18 ; first-class hack and lightharness horses, £18 to £25 ; good do, £12 to £17 ; medium do, £7 to £10 : aged and infeiior, £2 -to £5.