satisfactory prices. We ha** another lot of superior harness cobs from Christchurch, and these also sold well. In .the Clydesdale class we had consignments from Oamaru, and from as far south as Gore and the Western districts. Good young •mares and .geldings were keenly competed for, and brought good prices. Some of the horses we had forward were exceptionally fine animals, asid did credit to both breeders and owners. Next week vte shall offer another shiptment of North Island horses, .comprising three, four, and five -year-old mares and geldings, specially eelected for express, van, lorry,* and general town work. We quote: Good useful draught mares and geldings (young and sound), from £35 to £45 ; lighter eorts and older, £23 to £33; heavy lorry pairs, from £80 to £100 ; useful plough mares, and geldings, £30 to £40; pedigree Clydesdale mares, to £150; good sorts of Clydeadale mares, suitable for stud purposes and general farm work, £40 to £50; carriage pairs, £80 to £100; fipring-oarters (good «ort«), from £20 to £32; upstanding buggy mares and geldings, from £15 to -£22; hackneya, from £12 to £15: lighter sorts, from £7 to £12.
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Otago Witness, Issue 2855, 2 December 1908, Page 24
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