DUNEDIN HORSE SALEYARDS.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXX, Issue 21, 22 May 1902, Page 13

DUNEDIN HORSE SALEYARDS.

Messi s Wi ighi Stephen^on and Co i epoi t as lollow s —

r l here was .i faii \urding of horses foi this wi ck s sale, between 30 and /|o bein 1 ; enteied The attendance of l>u\eis was a n'odeiate one. most of them being aftei diuu,ghts, of which about one-half tlie enti\ consisted.! The demand for fiesh, sound young diaiujjhts is nnml and any sucli coming lot w aid meet with a leady sale at quotations while au;c<.l hoises, on tlie othei li.uid, ,\Vi' neglected, .lid sales aie onl\ possible at re-i (lived i.itis The piincipal sale of diangjhts ilns week was as follows • A 1 1'\ e-\ ear-old gelding (a pood' stamp luit not lug). at £43 . a Hit ee-\ ear-old hll\ b\ Ivosahst. atl £112 a si\-\ ea i -old maie, at £11 ; two eight and nme-\ ear-old geldings ai £10 10s and £4O restpecti\ ely ; and several aged town hoises (jnaich Ihe woise of weai), at from £20 to £31 The light horses oMe red were for the most jvirt a meidnim lot, and With the exception of a n I nc-j ear-old spiing-i-ai t maie sold at .£22, changed hands at fi om £8 to Ll4. "Upstanding active sipring-\an a,ndi spring-cait hoises are \ei y scarce, a itfd owners }ia\ing these descriptions) of annuals foi sale should a\«ul themselves ol the piesent state of the maiket \ few such l\orses would bring extreme prices. We (|iiiote — Supei lor \ oung draugiit geh'i ngs, £1.1 to £.10 (>\tr.i good, ]v i/e horses £,1,1 to £00 medium diaught in. lies and geldings, £,'52 to £12 ,i»iml di aught mares and geldings £20 to £3O upstanding carnage hoises £3O to £.'{.l well•n.ilched (ain.iue pans, £70 to £<)0 stiong spimg--win horses, £28 to £3.1 milk-cait and luitchers' order-cart, horses, £17 to £2.1 tram liorsis £12 to £17 light hacks, £K> to £1.1 extra good bucks, £18 in £2.1 weedy and aged hacks and harness hoises, £1 to £7