LIVE STOCK.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXX, Issue 36, 4 September 1902, Page 13

LIVE STOCK.

DUNDDIN HORSE SALEYARDS. Messrs. Wright, Stephenson and Co report as follows :—: — Thqre was a fair entry of horse 9 for Saturday's sale, In. draughts the offerings were limited to a few useful, fairly fresh, but aged horses. The^ro were lots of buyers even for. this class, and lots of them changed hands at very good prices. Of strong harness horses there was a good display, consignments including nine really serviceable horses from Messrs. Tonkin and Co's rabbit collecting depots up country. This consignment elicited keen competition, and was sold as follows :—: — Bay mare, £33 ; gray gelding, £23; gray gelding, £22 10s ; bay mare, £20 10s ; roan gelding, £17 10s ; chestnut gelding, £11 10s ; black gelding, £11 10s ; black gelding,

£11/ Three useful upstanding harness horses from Clydevale were; sold at £20, £19, and £17 respectively. Other sales were effected at eojually, satisfactory rates. The demand for good harness horses is brisk. We quote: Superior young draught geldings, £45 to £50 ; extra good, pnize horses, £52 to £56 ; medium draught mares aad geldings, £30 to £42; aged do, £20 to £28; upstanding carriage horses, £30 to £35 ; well-matched carriage pairs, £60 to £80;; strong spring-van horses), £30 to £35 ; milk-cartl and butchers' order. cart horses, £20 to £27 ; tram horses, £14 to £20 ; light hacks, £8 to £15 ; extra good hacks, £18 to £25 ;, weedy and aged hacks and harness horses, £3 to £7.