COMMERCIAL.

Evening Post, Volume XLVII, Issue 89, 16 April 1894, Page 2

COMMERCIAL.

EvtsiNG Post Office, Monday Aftornoon A. G. T.MXB & Co. report ns follows of tho horso market:— Ou Saturday thero was n very good entry of horses of all classes in tlio yards, including some very good draughts. Wo offered v good number of h«cks and good harness horses, including ii tew really K°°'' s °rts, but although bidding w n uot particularly bvisk a fair number changed ban. ls at quotation. We quote — Heavy draughts at CO to £25; meJiutn. £13 to £18; aged and unsound Bortfl, £6 to £10; light harness noises mill hacks, £Q to £12 ; aged and inferior, £J to X 6. Thero is still a demand for pood express horses, yonnff and sound and well broken, iind up to £16 eiin be obtained for this el iss. We tmvo placed thii sort i.f horses during ihe week at £14 to £16. Tnwvsrjtn <lt P.m. report : — At our regular wrokly "nlc on Saturday wo submitted a nice lot of unbroken i l f>lU. ex Tasmania, from Sydney, mostly by the eelebmti'd trotti:iir sire Co,, ti.ipuee. We s»' Kr~v ml nt up to til, and ue.ivi'd owners' r . i ' r ih*« h.-vi. Th"j «er«- i l.kcly draft, aiu liaa th. j- bi-en li-tc it spring time instead of at tho corjmoticomant of winter, much better S rices would hnvo been renhioil. Wo sold tho 'upier draught horses from £1U to .C 25: a bay draught gelding, 3 years, just handled, in the lot fotcbing £10 10b ; light harness horses, £6 to £9 ; heavier descriptions, suitable for express work, ■£H to £11 10s. Thero is nn enquiry for good weight-carrying (howy hacks, sound and young, which wo conld place at satisfactory figures.