DUNEDIN HORSE SALEYARDS.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXI, Issue 21, 21 May 1903, Page 13

DUNEDIN HORSE SALEYARDS.

Messrs. Wright, Stephenson, and Co. report as folows :—: —

For this week's sale there was a fair entry of both! draught and light harness horses, and, as there was a number of useful sorts among them, a good sale resulted. There was a very full attendance of the public, and keen competition for all animals that could be designated serviceable, whether for draught or light harness work. In draughts the chief sales were — A four-year-old

' nuggety ' filly at £30 ; a seven-year-old gelding at £49 ; a four-year-old light draught mare at £47 ; a three-year-old filly at £44 ; and seven aged but fresh medium draught horses at from £29 to £36. In the lighter classes we sold a bay gelding, broken to saddle only, at £22 ; a small bu<"^- mare at £18 ; and 14 other horses, including nine from the tramways department, at up to £15 10s. We quote : Superior young draught geldings, £50 to £55 ; extra good, prize horses, £56 to £65 ; medium draught mares and geldings, £36 to £48 ; agod do, £25 to £35 ; upstanding carriage horses, £30 to £35 ; well-matched carriage pairs, £70 to £90 ; cart and butchers' order-cart horses, £18 to £25 ; tram horses, £16 to £27 ; light hacks, £10 to £15 ; extra good hacks, £18 to £25 ; weedy and aged hacks and harness horses. £4 to £8.