LIVE STOCK.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXI, Issue 38, 17 September 1903, Page 13

LIVE STOCK.

DUNEDIN HORSE SALEYARDS. Messrs. Wright, Stephenson, and Co. report as follows .—. — There was a fair number of horses forward for our weekly sale last Saturday, notwithstanding the special sale of the day before.. Some very fine draught geldings were offered, and most of them changed hands at splendid prices, including one five-year-old horse at £70 and one seven-year-old at £63. These were two exceptionally heavy horses, fit for show purposes. A numb?r of medium and aged draughts were also sold at from £28 10s to £46 10s. Some good light horses were in the yard, and these also sold well, one buggy horse, six years old, finding a new owner at £30 10s, and another very nice dog-cart horse at £30. The demand for firstclass young draughts and for strong young harness horses is as keen as ever, and prices in both classes are all in favor of sellers. We quote : Superior young draught geldings, £55 to £65 ; extra good, prize horses, £66 to £80 ; medium draught mares and geldings, £40 to £54 ; aged do, £25 to £38 ; upstanding carriage horses, £30 to £35 ; well-matched carriage pairs, £70 to £90 ; strong spring-van horses, £30 to £37 ; milkcart 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.