CAMBRIDGE HORSE FAIR.

Taranaki Herald, Volume 23, Issue 14017, 23 September 1909, Page 4

CAMBRIDGE HORSE FAIR.

' The Fanners' Co-opciative Auction- ' ceriuts Company reports : — We held our annual spiing horse la,. at Cambridge on September 14, 15, JO, ' and 17, under fa\'ourable circuuibtauc^j I — splendid weather, large attendance 1 ot buyers from all parts ol the province ' and a couple of Australians after goca draughts. The latter bid tor e\er\thing fciiitable up to a certain hnw, and were a great help to the markil. Although no fancy prices were realised. j values were fully up to expectation^, and we believe the sale can bo reported ' as successlul as any we have held. Unbroken heavy draughts. 3 and 4 yean, old, made £30 to £38 10s. ; mediun. draugths,. same age, £20 to £28 Kit.. , yearling draughts, £8 to £11 ; 2 yea: olds, £10 to £15; light unbroken lioim.-^ i — good upstanding sorts £14 to £10 <3&., , medium sorts £8 to £12, others £4 t<. [ £7; heavy draughts, 3to 6 years., £3j io £45; medium draugths, same aye-. £25 to £33; aged, but bound medium r and heavy draughts, with a lot ot work in them, £16 to £22 ; upstanding ha< k- | and hunters, well paced, and troin 4 ti 1 6 years, £20 to £30; a lew thoroughbreds, 18 to 28 guineas ; good class oi , cab. coach and cairiage hordes, £22 . to £26; milk cart horses, 114 to C2O : ; good hacks and cobs, £11 to Cl^, us.e- | tul light hacks, cobs nnd light haiiu 1 -, horses, £8 to £12; others, £3 to C . The action, style and get-up oi a I'oi^i . makes a wonderful difference m \ .-iluc [ and this partly accounts lor tl<e i.ip.lc* in quotations. A few ot thr sales aic [ W. J. Cowifi-in avoiayed £J5 * ' 21 medium ami heavy draught 3. 4 am! 5 year olds; Andrew Wallace. £H!> i«>i 5 "same ages ; H. Ilhodcs, i 3() U-v b . W. Kay, £30 10s. lor 4, W. J. ll<'t. £26 lor 5; Isaac Hodgson, L") 0 loi .'J N. K. Taylor, £38 15s. lor 2. Jnm • Tavlor, £24 for 13 mediuia diHiighth W* J . M 'Kee, £37 for two ; J . J . H i\ i t . £36 15s. for 2; A. Souter, £:W i3> lor two 5 and 6 years old: am! ,)•••: Fisher obtained £45 each ior a gel |'ij, and mare, 5 and 6 years old. Di •'. • the four days 941 horses weie i>ii ii< and of these 690 were sold, lnack w as follows: — First day: Otieied 2!2 sold 184; second day. 261—204; till.' 1 day, 280—196; fourth daj, linit.h:i •. about 2.30 p.m., 158— 10 G.

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