DUNEDIN HORSE SALEYARDS.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXX, Issue 25, 19 June 1902, Page 13

DUNEDIN HORSE SALEYARDS.

Messrs Wright, Stephenson, and Co. report as follows :—: — There was a very small entry for this week's sale. The attendance also was limited, but it included two, or three buyers from up-countjy in quest of useful draught horse's lor making up their plough teams* and they secured all the horses in the yard that were suitable for their requirements. The following were the principal sales — namely, bay gelding, Byrs, £46 ; bay gelding, 7yrs, £42 ; bay gelding, syrs, £40 ; black gelding, 7yrs, £37 10s ; and four very old horses at from £17 to £25. There were no good light harness 1 horses forward this week. We quote present values as follows : — Superior young draught geldings, £40 to £50; extra good prize horses, £52 to £55; medium draught mares and geldings, £30 to £38 ; aged do, £18 to £25 ; upstanding carriage horses, £30 to £35 ; weH-matched carriage pairs, £80 to £90 ; strong spring-van horses, £28 to £36 ; milk-cart and butchers' order-cart horses, £18 to £25 ; tram horses, £12 to £16 ; light hacks, £10 to £15 ; extra good hacks, £18 to £25 ; weedy and aged hacks and harness horses, £3 to £8.