DUNEDIN HORSE SALEYARDS

Otago Witness, Issue 2524, 30 July 1902, Page 17

DUNEDIN HORSE SALEYARDS

Messrs Wright, Stephenson, and Co. report as fol'ows. — There was a line muster of buyers tor draught horses jit Saturday's sale, attracted no doubt by the offering of Mr William Moore's team of draught mares and geldiaga, waggon and harness, from Lawrence. The horses, with cne or two exceptions, were aged and stale. The best of the horse 3, although over sjx years old, were eagerly competed for, and sold at from £38 to .£4B, but the worn-out ones, although we succeeded in selling them, were most difficult to place, at prices ranging from £10 to £27. The waggon, almost new, we failed to sell, although Mr Moore offered it at £30; ani £16 baing the best offer for the timber truck, it aiso was withdrawn The harness and sundries sold well. There "were very few other draughts in the yard this week. Three seven and eight-year-old horsps were sold at £38 10s, £36, and £34 respectively. Strong, active, young farm horses are in great demand, and we could easily have sold a score of them had they been in the yaids to-day. We recommend clients Laving suitable horses for sale to send them in. Strong van and spring-cart horses are also scarce, and command extrpme prices in this market just now. Aged and iiufeiior hacks and harness horses are most difficult to get rid of. We quote : Superior young draught geldings, £42 to £50; extra good, prize horses, £52 to £55, medium draught mares and geldings, £30 to £40; aged do, £18 to £09; upstanding carriage horses, £30 to £35; well-matched carriage pairs, £70 to £90 ; strong spring-van horses, £30 to £37 ; milk-cart and butchers' order-cart horses, £22 to £28; tram horses, £12 to £18; light hacks, £10 to £15 ; extra good hacks, £18 to £25 , weedy and aged hacks and horses, £3 to /.S.