CLYDESDALES BRING GOOD PRICES

Press, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22194, 10 September 1937, Page 17

CLYDESDALES BRING GOOD PRICES

DISPERSAL OF OVERDALE STUD The high price of 400 guineas was paid for the three-year-old Clydesdale mare Peggy Castle at the dispersal sale of Mr W. J. Doak’s stud at Overdale, near Rakaia, yesterday. Buyers were present from many parts of New Zealand, and of 17 Clydesdales offered, 15 were sold, the top" price being offered by Wright, Stephenson and Company, Ltd., the firm which conducted the sale, on behalf of a South Island client. The next best price was 300 guineas given by Mr Arthur J. Doak, of Wakanui, for the imported mare Peg o’ Limavady. The sales were as follows: Mare, seven years. Peg o’ Limavady (imp.), by Benefactor—Carsall Phyllis at 300gns. to Arthur J. Doak (Wakanui); mare, three years, Peggy Castle, by Douglas Castle—P eg o' Limavady, at 400gns, to South Island client; mare, 11 years, Rowena Ronald, by Dunure Fabric—Peggy Ronald, at 52gns. to G. Campbell (Rakaia); mare, 13* years, Delicia, by Eddiewood Topline—Rowena Ronald, at 67Jgns, to Quigley brothers (Hawarden); mare, four years. Miss Print, by Flashness—Rowena Ronald, at 41gns, to G. Morris (Rakaia); mare, three years, Lady Rowena, by McQuaid of Ochtertyre—Rowena Ronald, at 54gns, to H. Doak (Seafield); mare, seven years, Delicia 11, by Brunstane Duplicate—Delicia, at 75gns, to J. H. Muirhead (Lagmhor); mare, nine years. Lady Ella 11, by Archaic—Bonny Ella, at 46gns, to F. Willis Croft (Reefton); mare, 15 years. Lady Queen, by Dunure Fabric—Lady Macgregor, at 45gns, to A. Brown (Kakanul): mare, live years, Peggy Duplicate, by Brunstane Duplicate—Violet Hope, at Xssgns, to Allster Oakley (Rakaia); filly. Lady Betty McQuaid, by McQuaid of Ochtertyre—Betty Vintage, at 82jgns, to C. T. Blank (Yaldhurst): filly, Mascotte McQuaid, by McQuaid of Ochtertyre—Fyvie Mascotte. at 32gns, to F. Willis Croft (Reefton); filly, Peggy McQuaid, by McQuaid of Ochtertyre—Peggy Duplicate, at 45gns, to J. C. Irwin (Rakaia); entire, seven years, Venetian, by BenefactorFlower of Art, at 80gns, to Andrew Grant (Fairlie); colt. McQuaid’s Hero, by McQuaid of Ochtertyre—Betty Vintage, at 22igns, to F. Willis Croft (Reefton).