HORSE MARKET.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1452, 10 January 1887, Page 2

HORSE MARKET.

W!r T Buiiook repo.'s on the h »rse nmrket aa foil ws :— Th«r» wai very litola bn mesH dnn«» on the two Fridays previous to C iristmas Day and New Yea I*' 8 Hay. Thin '-an Ih accounted for to a certain extent by the sale days >>eing altered, but on Saturday tneio was a largo Hntry o£ horsee, viz , 38 and a very <ood a trtuda'ioa of f tririrtra and *>th *r oonn'ry setil-irs. and fo- jroo^t «to' k hiddin^a <v«r« «<pir'ted and up to ER»- was ■■; oit>iin^:l l or a p«ir of urav drmg- t fj i lt]'n>;~i 4 and 5 yours old ion accaun* r< f -Ir am 1 s H ron .M-sars Mdleiulry B.'oS. b^in^; tho pucchaa rs. T ii 3 '>fiarB »Mit what lias ofleii baen r> inarto-?, na 'ie!y, hat good it oh al wry fetch remunerative prices and it would b© well for farmers to bear this m mind when b ceding. Out of the da/a entry of 38, 22 changed hands at the following prices, viz :— Medium draughts, 4 years old, of rathei*. a light stamp, £16 15a, £18; 6 and 7 years old, £l9 r £21 10a; a pair of prey superior draughts, £65 ; light harness horaes, £12 to £14 ss; 3 year old, £11 ; inferior, £5, £5 10a ; unbroken, £4 5s to £9 10s, according to description ; hacks, £4 10s to £6 17s 6d : weedP, £2 15s, £3. Su:d riei —Spring trap, £19; double seated America'i waggon, £21 ; cc- onil

hand McOorrnick wire binder, £6 sa.