DUNEDIN HORSE SALEYARDS.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XIX, Issue 38, 26 June 1891, Page 13

DUNEDIN HORSE SALEYARDS.

Messrs. Wbioht, Stephenson and Co. report as follows : — Only a very moderate entry of horses was offered at to-day's sale, and had there been a better selection to choose from a very large business might have been done in both draughts and light harness horses. An unusually large number of buyers (principally farmers) were present for draughts, and as purchasers of suitable saddle and harness horses, for shipment to India, were also in the market a very good demand for this class was experienced. We can recommend our country friends, who have horses of a gool stamp and young to dispose of, to tend them in now. Nearly every suitable draught was picked up to-day at prices showing an advance of from £2 to £4 per head, and, as an example, we would mention that a supeuor gelding that was sold a few weeks ago (and that at an exceptionally good sale) f' r £25, was to-day withdrawn at a bona fide bid of £30. We quote : — Firm-clabS draughts (extra heavy), £25 to £30 ; good ordinary draughts (young), £18 to £22 ; medium draughts, £12 to £16 ; aged draught?, £6 to £10 ; good backs and harness horses, £12 to £16 ; medium hacks and harness horses, £7 to £9 ; light and inferior hacks and harness horses, £2 10s to £5.