DUNEDIN HORSE SALEYARDS

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXI, Issue 36, 3 September 1903, Page 13

DUNEDIN HORSE SALEYARDS

Messrs. Wright, Stevenson, and Co. report as follows :—

The entries for this week's sale were very limited, only some 20 horses coming forward, but the deficiency in respect to quantity was more than made up by the excellence of some of the animals offered, particularly in the case of draughts. The entry in this class included three of the best Clydesdale geldings that have been seen in Dunedin market this year. Mr. Charles Kerse, of Dunrobin, sent forward a pair of magnificent five-year old horses, suitable for the town lories, and for wharfdray and tip-cart work. One realised £65 and the other £55 10s. Another exceptionally fine gelding, rising four years old, was sold at £58, and several aged horses changed hands at from £41 10s to £48. The demand for first-class young draughts is keener than ever, the supply falling far short of buyers' requirements. Not many light harness horses were offered this week, but amongst those that passed under the auctioneer's hammer was a very fine upstanding horse, rising 6yrs, broken to saddle only, at £34, and some half-dozen other useful horses, but aged, found new owners at from £17 to £23. We quote : Superior young draught geldings, £50 to £55 ; extra good, prize horses, £56 to £65 ; medium draught mares and geldings, £37 to £50 ; aged do, £25 to £28 ; upstanding carriage horses, £30 to £35 ; wellmatched carriage pairs, £70 to £90 ; strong spring-van horses, £33 to £42 ; milk-cart and butchers' order-cart horses, £22 to £29 ; tram horses, £18 to £28 ; light hacks, £10 to £15 ; extra good hacks, £18 to £25 ; weedy and aged hacks and harness horses, £4 to £8.