DUNEDIN HORSE SALEYARDS.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXI, Issue 41, 8 October 1903, Page 13

DUNEDIN HORSE SALEYARDS.

Messrs. Wright, Stephenson, and Co. report as follows :— At this week's sale the main attraction was a consignment of draught and light harness horses, 34 in number, from Mr. Edward Stephenson, of Palmerston North. The shipment comprised 28 draught colts and fillies and six hacks and harness horses, and it may safely be asserted in the case of the draughts that a more useful or apparently sound lot of horses has not been offered in the Dunedin Saleyards for maaiy years. They were all four and five years old, horses of great substance ; but unfortunately most of them were only just broken to lead, and this somewhat militated against their sale. The consignment sold well, realising prices ranging from £34 t,o £57 10s. The light horses also were of good stamp, and sold at from £17 to £34. To-day one exceptionally good cob dog-cart horse was sold for £34, and several good harness horses changed hands at from £19 to £27. We quote : Superior young draught geldings, £50 to £60 ; extra g,ood, prtze horses, £62 to £70 ; medium draught mares and geldings, £35 to £48; aged do, £24 to £34 ; upstanding carriage horses, £35 to £40 ; well-matched carriage pairs, £80 to £120 ; strong spring-van horses, £28 to £38 ; milk-cart and butchers' order-cart horses, £22 to £30 ; tram horses, £16 to £27 ; light hacks, £12 to £20 ; extra good hacks, £22 to £30 ; weedy and aged hacks and harness horses, £5 to £10.