H. MATSON AND CO.'S SPECIAL HORSE SALE.

Press, Volume LXVIII, Issue 14326, 11 April 1912, Page 4

H. MATSON AND CO.'S SPECIAL HORSE SALE.

TATTERSALIYS. Messrs H. Matson and Co. report having an entry of 54 horses comprising all sorts, from the weedy thoroughbred and the underbred hack in a backward condition to high-class trotting horses. There was a {.ood. attendance, ail d the

154 horses were put through by five minutes past twelve, tho tain commencing at IU a.m. The following priui eipal sales were made;— Account AY. F. Clinton, bay gelding Crash, l.yrs. by Specification. C3O. Account Gebbie Bros., black inure. 7yrs. by Sacramento. _27 10*' tid. Account .1. A. Duncan, bay maro Hebe, by Del Paso, -3_ lis; bay iillv. rising 3vrs. by Frank Robin.' ITS ISs; black colt, tiring 2yr\. by Prince Imperial. -42; bay tillv. rising 3yrs, by Red Rothschild. i3l 10s. Account AY. Nixon, bay ..elding. 7,vrs. .L'IS. Account .1. Johns, bay colt. "yrs. LIS 7s Oil. Account E. F. Ilnlman. roan gelding, lyr*. -I s - -Account G. C. Dalgety. brown lilly. '-'yr--. {."13 13s. .Account W. F. Clinton, chestnut gelding, by Terrapin. '-'I'-'. Account J. Anderson, chestnut gelding Tom A.-.hore. A," 12 Is Od. Account J, Starky. black mare, •".vis. broken to saii.il?. I'll. Account (iebbie Bro*.. bay tillv. 2vrs. by General Lincoln. (.'lO 10.*.' In addition to the above, numerous sale* were elfe< ted on the lollowing basis:— Medium har-n:-ss horses, broken but uncertain, from CS to L' 10: weedy young horsos with extensive pedigrees and no condition or constitution, from C 3 to CO. A good solid competition was lortheoming lor lirst-elnss harnes, horses and saddle horses. esneciallv bays with black >x)ints. and each wrek we lind the demand lor this da:.* o| stock liruier. Again, there* i* a good competition for good, well-urewn . tandai.l trotting stock that are not handled, at medium prices, leaving a margin for the man who jxii'ch'iM'.* to train his horse and hrii:_ it out. W'lnro horses are offered on this basis sales are made, but unlorlnnately many vendors think becai.ve lliev have used a high-class sire, and in aii probability they have not only starved tli:> progeny lint starved tile mother, that their one horse is the '•pencil in the garden" instead of the •lenion." and they build castles iv the air as io the probabilities ot their particular horse. it is really humoron.-, and not until a horse has been oliYrcd two or three time.* and gone through a winter with the high price ot chaff, that the vendor can Ive con- \ meed that the public aiv right and he is wrong. lv fact, the owner of the trotting horse must realise that good young horses, standard bred. inu*t be bought at everyday prices, nnd that trotting horses that have time against them are not nearly as valuable as o-hc-as that have no ollicial record. We consider the sale a good one. and as we sold over 30 horses. •we were satisfied. 11. Matson and Co.. Stock and Station Agents. 4073