LIVE STOCK. Dunedin Horse Saleyards.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXVI, Issue 7, 17 June 1898, Page 13

LIVE STOCK. Dunedin Horse Saleyards.

Messrs. Wright, Stephenson and Co. report as follows :— . The counter attraction of the opening of our new horse bazaar at Gore to-day, coupled with the fact that only some dozen or so ' old stager " draught horses came forward for our weekly sale caused our yards here to have an unusually bare appearance, and' of course, under the circumstances it is not surprising- that practically no business was done. The larger fixture at Gore had caused both buyers and sellers to journey thither. Several buyers however, were xn the yards wanting heavy cart geldings (shatters), and there Were others inquiring for good draught fillies. Plough teams are also in great demand, and anything in the shape of a first-class delivery van horse can be sold without difficulty at a very handsome price, say, from L2O to L 27. We note an occasional inquiry for a good cavalry horse, for useful buggy pairs, and tor station waggonette horses. All the foregoing classes of horses are wanted and vendors will find Dunedin a good market at the present time. Aged horses, both draught and light, are not wanted, neither are medium quality hacks and harness hordes. We quote as follows : First-class draught mares and geldings, L 3.> to L4O ; extra good mares, L 45 to LSO ; good useful draught mures and geldings, L 25 to 1>33 ; aged do, Ll2 to L2O ; strong upstaud'ng harness horaes, L2O to L 25; cavalry horses, LI 8 to L2.j ; mciium hacks aud harness horses, L 8 to LIS ; agei do, L 2 to ho.