DUNEDIN HORSE SALEYARD

Otago Witness, Issue 2630, 10 August 1904, Page 23

DUNEDIN HORSE SALEYARD

Messrs Wright, Stephenson, and Co. report as f ollows : — For Saturday's sale we had an excellent display, the team of 12 draughts, consisting of 11 geldings and one mare, from Mr F. M'Carthy, of Ida Valley, being itself quite an exhibition. The horses were all young, apparently sound, reputed grand workers, and particularly wejl bred, most of them being by that favourite Clydesdale sire Briton, and the others by Tasman (Naylor's) and The Macaulay. The horses were in good working condition (Ihey had not been stabled), and they were just out of hard work off the Beaumont- Waikaka roads. They consequently did not look at their best, being a bit rough in their coats, but in spite of this they were greatly admired, and the opinion was freely expressed by experienced judges of draught horses that no better team of working horses has been seen in Dunedin for over 10- years. The attendance of town and country carriers and others was a record one, and we believe that everyone was surprised, considering the lower range of prices now current, at the figures which Mr McCarthy's horses went to. The following are the prices . — Brown gelding, Jack, fo'ir years, by Briton (a very powerful shafter of great substance and splendid understandings), £60 ; light bay gelding, five years, by the sam« sire (another magnificent shafter and an ideal leader, showy and very active), £60; bay mare, Kate, four years, by The Macaulay, £56 ; dark bay gelding! Ned, five years, by The I Macaulay, £50; bay gelding, Dick, four years, by the same sire, £19 ; bay gelding, Billy, seven

years, by Tasman, £44 ; and six others at from £26 to £47. The two £60 geldings were bought by Messrs Chus. Stevenson and J. T. Sykes, oC Poit Chalmers, both of whom are to be congiatulated upon their respective purchases. Besides Mr M'Cartby's team, we offered and sold a number of draughts, among others the following:— Bay mare, seven years, at £43 10s; bay mare, eight years, at £41 ; bay gelding, seven years, at £39; chestnut gelding, aged, at £30; grey mare, aged, at £28 10s; and a black filly (light) at £27. We had a good entry of harness and saddle horses — only one of them first class, but some were young and useful, — and most of these, although this period of the year is not tho best for the disposal of the class, changed hands. The following sales were effected' — Pair of buggy horses, four yeari old, at £35; six light hacks at from £7 10s to £17; and a first-class milk-cart horse, four years, at £30. Taken all tlnough, the sale was a very satisfactory one. We quote - Heavy young draught mares" and geldings, £15 to £54; extra good young draught mares and geldings, £55 to £G5 (prize-takers more money) ; medium draught mares and geldings, £35 to £40; aged do, £18 to £25; upstanding carriage horses, £30 to £35; well-matched carriage pairs, £60 to £80; strong spring-van horses, £30 to £35; nulkcart and butchers' order-cart horses, £22 to £30 ; light hacks, £10 to £15 ; extra good hacks, £18 to £30 ; weedy and aged hacks and harness horses, £3 to £7.