HORSE FAIR

Te Awamutu Courier, Volume 71, Issue 6137, 17 September 1945, Page 2

HORSE FAIR

HACKS IN DEMAND PONY STALLION 95 GNS. The Cambridge Spring Horse Fair was concluded on Saturday last when there was a very large attendance and in the interest in the light horses was a marked contrast to the bidding for working horses earlier in the fair. One pony stallion created keen bidding and was sold for 95 gns. to a Tuakau purchaser. Anything showing quality was in keen demand in both the pony and hack sections. Two ponies were sold for £5O each. An eight-year thorough-' bred mare on account of Mr T. Hogan, Fencourt, was sold for £lO2 7s 6d to Mr A. Parkin, Whatawhata. Friday Prices. On the fourth day of the fair the top prices for draught horses were as follows: 4-year brown mare, bought by C. G. Stanaway, Dargaville, £2O; Syr. bay geld., J. S. Hooker, Pukeroro, £22; 7yr. grey m., H. Saunders, Te Akau, £3l; 7yr. bay m., H. Saunders, Te Akau, £3l; 4yr. b.m., E. Orr, Korokanui, £26; b.g., A. Thompson, Bruntwood, £2O. The hacks sold on Friday met with keen competition and the major prices were: Bay geld., Ward Bros., Te Miro, £35; 4yr. b.m., R. Lasenby, £27; 3yr. c.m., E. J. Curlett, Tuakau, £26; Syr. grey geld., R. Lasenby, £22; 9yr. blk. geld., G. E. Conder, £2O. Saturday’s Prices. 11 months grey filly, A. Hickson, Fernhill, £5O; 4yr. b. hack, Sam Dillon, £l4; 4yr. bro.g., A. Ramsay, Huntly, £22; 6yr. bro.m., Hicks Bros. Maungatautari, £35; 4 yr. bro. m., T. V. Nicholas, Oparau, £2O/10/-; bay m., W. F. Duncan, Pukeroro, £2l/10/-; 6 yr. chest, g., J. H. Elliott, £2O/10/-; 6yr. blk. m., F. S. Wright, Oporau, £24/10/-; 6yr. dies, geld., J. Fowler, £25; 7yr. blk. m., J. Allen, Tirau, £3O; 6yr. bro. geld., W. A. Shaw, Kinohaku, £2B; Byr. thoroughbred bred mare, A. Parkin, Whatawhata, 97igns.; 4yr. ches. m., J. Magill, Panmure, 32Sgns.; 7yr. bay in.. T. Milicich, Cambridge, £22; Gyr. bro. mare, W. N. Johnson, Hautapu, £22; 4yr. ches. m., A. E. Booth, Taupo, £3l/10/-; 7vr. pony, A. Hickson, £27/10/-.