DUNEDIN HORSE SALEYARDS.

Otago Witness, Issue 2674, 14 June 1905, Page 24

DUNEDIN HORSE SALEYARDS.

Messrs Wright, Stephenson, and Co. report as follows . — As we anticipated, the entries for Saturday's sale were not mimerous, and business was practically at a standstill, the principal reasons being that both buyers an-d sellers prefer waiting for our anni-al winter horse fair, which take 3 place on Thursday and Friday first. There is, however, a good demand for young active draught mares and geldings, also for upstanding light harness horses, young, sound, and staunch. During the week we disposed of a good draught mare, five years old, at £50, and a handsome buggy pair at a high figure. We quote: Superior young draught geldings, at from £50 to £55; extra good (prize horses), at from. £56 to £65; superior young draught mares, at from £60 to £75; medium draught males and geldings, at from £30 to £45; aged do, at from £17 to £30; upstanding carriage horses, at from £25 to £35; well-matched carriage prirs, at from £80 to £100; strong spring-van horses, at from £30 to £35 : milk-cart and butchers' order-cart horses, at from £20 to £28; light hacks, at from £10 to £18; extra good hacks, at from £20 to i3O; weedy and aged hacks and harness hoises, at from £5 to £8. OTxIGO FARMERS' HORSE BAZAAR. The Otaio Farrneis' Co-operative Association of N\w Zealand (L'inited) repoit —We held our v-,we\ ' we»Hy s-ile ot hordes at our bszaar, adjoining woo! a::d gram stoics. Ci.iwfoid and Vogel sheets, on Salui-nnv. the lOLli June, when ye had a fair entry of 35 horses, including consignment? from Gore. Oamaru, TiuKUB, Soutliknc s , V. T aU<-.tij Bj-gLton, siid

Taieri, as well as a number of local horses. The attendance was composed principally of town and suburban buyers and onlookers, very few farmers being present; no doubt witli the anticipation of spending this week m town, attending the winter show and horse sale, they refrained from coming in on Satnrdnv. Buyers were not plentiful, and bidding was slow. Those in want of horses evidently had their minds made up to wait for our special sale on Thursday, the 15th, when we shall offer 161 draught mares and sidings, pedigreed Clydesdale mares and fillies, etc. On tha whole we had a fairly good turnover a fair number of all sorts changing hands. We quote: Heavy cart mares and geldings, £50 to £60; plough horses (suitable for four-horse teams) £35 to £10, «m geldings fy oU ng and sound;, ±dH to £48; sprmg-carters £95 to £30good buggy geldings, £20 to £25 ; pairs £45 to £55; carriage pairs, £80 to £100