Dunedin Horse Saleyards.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXIX, Issue 4, 24 January 1901, Page 13

Dunedin Horse Saleyards.

Messrs. Wright, Stephenson and Co. report as follows :— There was a miserable display of horses at this week's Pale, only some 15 or 20 light harness horses of indifferent class being entered.

Two or three useful spring carters changed hands at from LI 7 to L2O. No draughts were forward. Really first-claas draught geldings, young, staunch, and sound, would command a good market, and so would really useful medium draughts and strong, upstanding harness horses. During the week we have sold about a dozen at full prices. One buyer for this class of horse present in the market to-day could have taken 30 had they been offering We recommend consignments. We quote Superior young draught geldings, L 43 to LSO ; extra good prize hcr^c 0 , L"2 tr > l "•"> • indium draught mares and geldings, L3O to L4O ; aged do, LIX to L2j ; upstanding carriage horses, L 2.", to L 3" , onrr'ynpp pairs. LfiO to LBO ; strong spring-van horses, L2B to LB."> , milk-cart and butchers' order-cart horses, LI B to L2"> ; tram horses, Ll2 to Ll7 ; light hacks, LlO to Lls ; extra good hacks, LlB to L3O ; weedy and aged hacks and harness horses, L 2 to L 5.

Wednesday being a public holiday in Dunedin, we were obliged to go to press on Tuesday evening. On that account the report of the Burnside stock sales does not appear in this issue.