OTAGO FARMERS' HORSE BAZAAR.

Otago Witness, Issue 2762, 20 February 1907, Page 22

OTAGO FARMERS' HORSE BAZAAR.

The Otago Farmers' Co-operative Association of New Zealand report- — We held our usual weekly sale of horses at our bazaar on Saturday last. There was a capital attendance of the pubic, a good muster of farmers, and the town buyers and carriers were present in full force. We may say that our remarks in recent reports as to good sorts of young mares and geldings showing quality and activity being in demand by farmers and town buyers were fully borne out on Saturday, when th© whole of our country consignments were disposed of under the hammer at gcod values, with the exception of a couple erf strapping young- geldings, which are being treated for privately. Consignments came from Morven, Waitati, Middlemarch, M~ilton. Peninsula, North-East Valley, Kaikorai, and Henley. The feature of the day, so far as quality and prices were concerned, rested l^T Mr John Clark's (Waitati) consignment of four-year-old fillies, sired by Craigieburn, damg by St. Alexander (imp ) and Baron Salisbury. Mr Clark's reputation as a breeder of Clydesdales was strongly in evidence frcm the large gathering of studmasters present, nearly all breeders in the Midland putting in an appearance. Although prices accepted fox these filhesi were not high, thc:e

animals were not in show or sale condition; having been reared on grass paddocks, neven . biOused or artificially fed, and not handledl until the day prior to the sale. The pricea realised for them ranged from £36 to £151 N«xt came the Plucky Willie three-year-ol<i filly, bred by Mr Arthur Gibson (North! Taieri), and knocked down to Mr C. Gambia at £42. Mr M'Kay's ponies and hackn«rti from South Canterbury sold, remarkably well? they were all good sorts, and quiet in saddle! and harness. The Milton consignment wasl also good, and a clearance was made at fair prices. The sale all through had gcod attention, and resulted very satisfactorily for buyers and sellers. We quote: Working mares and geldings, £40 to £50 ordinary plough mares and geldings £34 to £43, lighten' sorts £22 to £30; good clifty geldings, sharp workers and staunch, suitable for van work, £35 to £42; lorry geldings, young, sound, and staunch, £48 to £55; spring-carters, £22 jO £30; buggy geldings, £18 to £25; hackneys; £17 to £22 ; light hacks, £10 to £16.