OTAGO FARMERS' HORSE BAZAAR.

Otago Witness, Issue 2695, 8 November 1905, Page 24

OTAGO FARMERS' HORSE BAZAAR.

The Otago Farmers' Co-operatire Association of New Zealand (Limited) report: We held our usual weekly sale of horses at our bazaar, adjoining wool and grain stores, Crawford and Vogel streets, on Saturday, wihen we had an «nfry of 60 tip-cart, van, plough, lorry, spring-cart, order-cart, buggy, waggonnette, and carnage horses. Consigmmenta came from Otautnu, Hillend, Stirling, Taieii, Waitati, North-East Valley, Kaikorai, and a i' umber of locals. The attendance was good, a large number of farmers, town carriers, and traders being present. The quality of the cavfc mares and geldings, for, say about 27 of them, was considerably above the average, the southern contingents being in splendid working condition (but not made up fo? sale);> in fact, they were all straight out of hard work, and met frith fair competition, although bidding was somewhat slow, and, so far aa brightness wa,s concerned, was rather disappointing, especially at liie commencement of the auction, but as business progressed ainimotion increased, and for several of thet best geldings bidding was fast and furious, and capital prices were obtained. Mr T. Ryderij's consignment of geldings was a credit to the owner and the admiration of buyers. AU of this lot, with the exception of a couple, changed hands at auction at fair values. The next to come before the auctioneer was an exceptionally nice gelding, the property of Mr George Loggie, of Stirling. This hor&e was sold . in a couple of minutes under excited bidding, and fell to the bid of Mr James Thompson, of Balclutha. The balance of Mr Loggie's consignments, really good sorts of cart geldings, met a grand market, all being disposed of under the hammer. Mr James Thompson, of Lower Hillend, brought forward a team of very useful geldings, and. being a popular vendor, buyers bid spiritedly for each horse, aad a clearance of his consignment was effected at auction, when good; values were obtained. Mr Charlie M Deimot's Clydesdale five-year-old mare, sired by Britton, one of the insury features of the entry, had a number of admirers, who bid well" up to a point, but which was not equal to owner's idea of value, and consequently ihe was passed in. Several other good mares and weldings changed hands at satisfactory prices. %ever*l van horses, good active gorts t fovuv&

new owneTs at good values. SpringH>arfcers -: •were not numerous, but the few good sorts on offer met a good market, as also did a few good buggy geldmgs and' hackneys. We quote : Heavy^cart geldings, £50 to £55; lighter sorts, £15 to £50; vsuri geldings, active sorts, *40 to £48: plough mares and geldings, suitable far four-h«rse teamis, £32 to £40; springcarters, £24 to' £35 ; other cart geldings, £22 to . £33; carriage pairs, £S0 to £100; ■waggonette pairs, £50 to £65. DTjkEDIN HORSE SALEYAEDS. Messrs Wright, Stephenson, and Co. report as follows:— The horses entered for last Saturday's sale were, with a few exceptions, of indifferent quality.' Draughts were not a very' bright lot, most of them being on the aged" side; : - yet, notwithstanding, we are pleased to report a satisfactory sale. A full complement of buyers for good young horses sound and staunch, was present, but their '■wants were not supplied. W<J can strongly aaviss vendors of good draughts to forward their horses to our market, where" the demand is keen and the prices excellent. There is also a splendid inquiry here just now for gcod" /young,' 'light 'harness ".horses suitable for "butchers' and bakers' oarte, express, and buggies, etoj^and --there were- numerous buy^s in -the yard on Saturday in quest or aniirials 'suitable; .-for such work.- First-class spring-cart ' and' spring-van horses axe- also - eagerly inqturea for, and- whenever anything is offered it 'commands • full value. Vendors . Laving -any of the -above- .classes of stock, to dispose 'of should avail themselves of,the present^keenjaem&nd and-tfy our' market. Ihe following are 'isoine' of' our principal transac-tions-this week:— Grey gelding (unbroken) at £40; "Brown 'gelding' 'at £38; bay gelding at £36; bay gelding (agfs) at £35; bay mare (aged) -at £33; Bay mare (spring-carter, aged) at £31"; black' gelding " (aged) rat- £27 ; bay mare '"(aged- and ' , very " small)-,, at. £26 , ss ; bay cob, 6£Tsj'-at £22; and^alf sf dozen aged, and stale horses at tip yo' £25. r We quote: Superior young draught geldings ~a4> from £50 to '£55'; • extra good prize • torses), £56 *3 '• ;£63; superior ' young.. 'draught mares, £60 to £75; -medium draught mares 'and geldirgs, £30 to £45; aged do £17 to* £30; up©tsmdmg carriage Horses, £25 to £35; wallmatched'carriage pairs, £80 to £100; strong spring-van horses, £30 to £35; lnilk-eaarfc and butchers' order-cart horses, £20 to £28;' light lack's, £10 to £18; extra good "hacks, £20 to . £30;* ''weedy and aged hacks and harness liorses, £5 to £8. , SALE. OP PROPERTY AT WAVERLEY. ! Fifty residential areas, constituting the tcffiisbip of Waverley. on the eastern shore of.. the Dunedin Bay, facing the* city, were offered for sale by auction at Messrs Park, Reynolds, end -Co.'s rtfoms on Monday. Tte attendance r was" exceedingly large, and the variousi lots eufcmitted txcrtc-d keen competition. The sale was 'held on account of the Assets Realisation «23card and the exeontors of the late Mr" James Smith, and so great was the demand that every lot was disposed of. The total area disposed of was' 84 Jacr&s. - The .sale -started with lot 23, on which tKe old bluestone hoiise is-ereoted. This property went tp-Mr J. J. Munro at £400. Thereafter the 'frbntage^ib ABbotsfoocd road was , .piit up, cfterwards the portion of thfe town- , snij '»tnSit^ lies . towards the Anderson's Bay District roadj" ■ ~' tar ' ar * PROPERTY. SALE. ; M-essrs^-.Quin and Rodger, Tapanui,. report having sold "at -auction oa 1 . MonEay last, the ' , late? William; Lamb's -fa'fin" on, ,Tap4tnui Flat, v jbeing sections 2 and 3, block XIII, G-len-lcenidi,' containing 121 aOr 22p, at £14 per acre. The price is the highest obtained for any'farm^sold at auction in the district, but, notwithstanding the high figure, the purchaser, Mt Malcolm Robertson, may be congratulated on securing a valuable addition io his adjoining holding. A record price Vva'a obtained for hoggets in wool, these bringing 235; "ewes and lambs (all counted), 12s; fat sheep, 24s 9d; forward wethers, 225. The * implements and sundries also sold well.