DUNEDIN HORSE SALEYABDS.

Bruce Herald, Volume XXXI, Issue 3141, 13 February 1900, Page 6

DUNEDIN HORSE SALEYABDS.

Meßsra Wright, Stephenson and Go. , report at follows :-i- --•-■ Close upoo 100. horses of one sort and another came forward for thia week's Bale, there was a Bplendld attendanoe of the pub-lic,-the-proportion-of buyers being much above the average- The entries included consignments from New South Wiales Rangiora (North Canterbury), the Waltaki, >Dlpton (Soulhlan3) f Owaka, Milton, and 'el'rewhere. ■ The draughts fronvTHpton were a very servlcable lot of farm horaea, young and apparently sound. Tbey< realised from £35 to £41. Those from Sydney,. Were mostly of medium sfz3 and weight, realising from £17 10s to £27 The Rangiora conßig- - ment comprised a fino I>t of horses, and ohanged'Haiads at from £25 t9 £40. . The light boreea ipoluded a iaqmber of good remounts, suitable for South .4^ ipa, and a number were picked np by the Rorse Seleotion Oonunittod of tne Ot»go *ad

Southland oontingenfc. The itftte of this market i« very heaihty, and It fhese having aaefnl young horsw for sale will send them forward at r onoe $hey will have no for diaippointment We quote n follows j Superior yoaog draught golding» £40 to £45, extra good prize horse* £46 to £50, medium ' draught mares and geldings £30 to £88, : aged do £20 to £27, : upaUndlng carriage' horaea £25 to £30, well-matched carriage; paira £50 to £60, strong apriog van horaea, ' £22 to £28, mUk ooatr t and butchero' order ' e^rt horses £15 to £20, tram-horses £8 to £12, lighthaokß £6 to £10, extra good do £15 to £25, weedy and aged haoks and harneas horses £2 6>£&'