LIVE STOCK.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXVI, Issue 9, 1 July 1898, Page 13

LIVE STOCK.

Dunedin llorse Saleyards.

Messrs. Wright, Stephenson and Co. report as follows :—: —

1 or the third week in succession the yard was almost empty. The! supply to-day consisted of a few draughts, two or three of which were very good, and the rest was made up of aged horses not at all suitable for town work and a few inferior light horses. The weather, too, was unfavourable ; it rained incessantly the whole day, nnd this to some extent kept other horses out of the market, and likewise deterred buyevs from a distance f'*om attending. There was a fair muster of town buyers, and when Mr. William Muir's fine pair of cart geldings, five and six years old respectively, came under the hammer there was eager competition for them, the one fetching L3B 10s and the other L 37 10s. Horses of these agea and stamp are always wanted in Dunedin by the town carriers, millers, brewers,

contractors, and others, and we can recommend owners of such to try our market. There is also a strong demand for useful farm horses, and first-class mares and fillies will always command very full prices. Upstanding young light harness horses are also inquired for and can be placed to advantage, but there is no demand lor weedy and aged hacks and harness horses. We quote as follows • First-class draught mares and geldings, L 35 to L4O ; extra good mares, L 43 to L3O ; good useful draught mares and geldings, L 25 to Ldd ; aged do, LI 2 to L2O ; strong upstanding harness horses, L2O to L2o ; cavalry horses, LlB to L 23 ; medium hacks and harness horses, L 8 to Ll3 ; aged do, L 2 to L 3.