Dunedin Horse Saleyards.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXVII, Issue 5, 2 February 1899, Page 13

Dunedin Horse Saleyards.

Messrs. Wright, Stephenson and Co. report as follows :— The horses forward for this week's sile were fairly numerous, and of varied character, but none of them first-class. The draughts were all agod, and, with one or two exceptions, they were of only medium size and weight. Tbe demand was slack, and sales were confined to an aged heavy gelding, bred at Clydevale, at L 35, and a couple of medium dranghts at L 27 each. The light horses were, for the most part, only a medium lot, and few of them changed owners, the exceptions being a useful buggy mare from Maniototo at Ll(> and seven or eight others at from L 7 to LIG JOs. Heavy young cart geldings continue to be sought after, and first-class horses of the Clydesdale breed would readily command from- L4O toLSO. Expressvan, milk-cart, and tramway horses (upstanding, young, and sound) are a scarce commodity, and are easily disposed of at quotations. We quote : Superior draught geldings, young, L 3."> to L4O ; extra good a few pounds more ; superior young draught mares and fillies, L4O to LSO ; pme mares and fillies, LG() to LlUO ; ordinary draught mares and geldings, Ll4 to L2O ; young carriage and cavalry horses, L2O to L3O ; well- matched carriage pairs, LSO to LSO ; strong spring-cart horses, young, LIG to L 25 ; ordinary hacks and light harness horses, L 8 to Ll4 ; weedy and aged hacks and harness horses, L 2.