HORSE FAIR

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XXII, Issue 204, 12 August 1932, Page 11

HORSE FAIR

ENCOURAGING TO BREEDERS. The successful horse fair held at Stortford Lodge yesterday should give farmers in the district encouragement again to commence breeding draughts and half-draughts. At one time the breeding of this type of horse was a most profitable side-line for numerous farmers, but the advent of tractors and lorries served to check this farming practice. Farmers are now convinced that this has not altogether been a wise departure, as overhead charges have increased with a corresponding decrease in the returns received from the farm. In the entry offered yesterday, a number of useful mares wore sold, and

bred with the right type of Clydesdale stallion, should serve as a nucleus for re-eatablishing breeding. The large consignment of horses from Gisborne was offered on account of Mr. P. McVerry, the well-known stock dealer from Southern Hawke’s Bay. This consignment on the whole were just the right class for the small dairy farmer, being a very useful type of half-draught. Rather a large proportion of this consignment remained unsold, the price offered not being up to the vendor’s ideas of value. From the fact that outside buyers made large purchases at yesterday’s sale, it would seem that local buyers have not generally recognised the shortage of this class of horse. The following are some of the sales made yesterday:— On account of Mr. P. C. Ward, Otane —4 draught geldings and mares at £3O, £3O, £3l, and £36. On account of Mr. P. McVerry, Dannevirke—Half draught mares and geldings, £29, £26 10/-, £22, £27 10/-, £24, £2O, £2O, £25, £24, £l2, £ll, £l5 10/-, £8 10/-, £22, £2l, £24 10/-, £2O. On account of Mr. G. F. Hady, Hastings—1 4-yr. gelding, broken to lead, £33. On account of Mr. M. Rowlands, Feilding—s mares and geldings, half draughts at £l7, £l5 10/-, £l9, £26, and £l7 10/-. On account of Mr. Lowe, Otamauri—--1 8-yr. gelding, all work, £32. On account of Mr. Geo. Leslie —A heavy draught gelding, all work, £37 10/-; 1 4-yr. gelding, all work, £37 JO/-. On account of Mr. Druziania, Hastings—A heavy draught gelding, all work, £37 10/-. On account of the same vendor—Several draughts, unbroken, a good class, £2l 15/- to £23 10/-. On account of Waitio Station—l 8yr. gelding, all work, £27; 1 gelding, broken to chains, £23. On account of Mr. Leslie Codd, Puke tapu—l 5-yr. gelding, broken to chains, £25. The opinion was universally expressed, by both vendors and auctioneers, that yesterday’s horse fair was the most successful sale held in Hastings for many years. BROKERS’ REPORTS. Brokers report as follows on the special horse sale held at the Stortford Lodge sateyards yesterday:— Williams and Kettle, Ltd.—4-yr gelding all places £37 10/-; 6-yr geld ing chains £25; 9-yr, hack mare £5; 9- pony hack £3 5/-; aged draught gelding £ll, aged draught gelding chains £l4; aged draught gelding al l places £ll 10/-; 9-yr hack £1; 9-yr mare draught all! places £l4; 8-yr hack mare £3; aged hack mare £2 16/-: 10- gelding hack £5 12/6. Murray. Roberts and Co., Ltd.—l aged gelding £2 5/-, 1 all round (draught) gelding 8-yrs £27; 1 draught, gelding chains 7-yrs £l9 10/-; 1 small draught gelding chains and saddle £l5 10/-; 1 draught gelding chains 8-yr £23.

H.B. Farmers’ Co-op., Assn. — Broken draft, geldings, 1 5-yr £33; 1 at £29; 1 6-yr £26 10/-; 1 5-yr £2O; 1 8-yr £2O; 1 6-yr £25; 1 at £11; 1 aged £l5 10/i; 1 7-yr £22; 1 aged £2O; 1 4-yr £22; 1 aged £3; 1 4-yr £24 10/-, mares; 1 5-yr £24; 1 4-yr £24; 1 aged £l2; 1 6-yr £8 10/-; 1 4-yr £25; 1 5-yr £25; 1 4-yr £2O; 1 8-yr £4; hacks, I 8-yr mare £7; 1 aged mare at £2O; 1 6-yr mare £4 ; 1 aged gelding £1 10/unbroken 1 2-yr fißy £l5 51-; 1 1-yr to £2 15/-; 1 2-yr do £8; 1 2-yi do-£5 10/-; 1 3-yr do £l5. Dalgety and Co., Ltd.—l draft Raiding £80; 1 at £lO 15/-; 1 pony £5; 1 light hack £5. Hoadley, Son and Stewart, Ltd., report,—To a very large attendance of the .public there was a large entry of all classes of horses on offer. Buyers were present from the Manawatu. Feilding and Taranakj districts, and bidding for all classes of draughts was exceptionally keen, young draughts b.'okcn to all work being in great demand, the top price realised being £37 JO/-. The following is a range of sales:—Young draught mares and geldings, £3O 10/-, £27, £36, £3l, £32, £37 10/-; aged draught mares and geldings, £l7, £l9, £l7 10/-, £ll, £l4 10/-, £l5, £l7 10/-, £l5, £l7 10/-; heavy spring carters, £l9, £26, £2l 10/-, £2B 10/-, £22 10/-; unbroken medium draughts, £23 10/-, £2l 15/-. £22 10/-. £22 10/-; hacks and harness horses, £ll, £6 15/-, £9, £7 5/-, £7 15/-, £2 15/-, £5 10/-, £3, £2, £8 10/-, £4 5/-.