LIVE STOCK

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXII, Issue 4, 28 January 1904, Page 13

LIVE STOCK

DUNEDIN HORSE SALEYARDS. Messrs. Wright, Stephenson, and Co. report as follows ~ We held our weekly sale on Saturday, when about) 40 horses were oflered, of which number a dozen were draught Among these were a few good useful sorts, which sold at satisfactory prices. Competition' was keener that it has been for some weeks past, a number of country buyers, desirous of supplying their wants for the countyr harvest, being present. A bay gelding, six

years old, of good stamp, was sold at £45, and a brown maro, se\cn year old, sued by Loid Glasgow, changed hands at £17. Nearly all the other draughts (most of them aged) found new owners at from £2S to £10 A number ot light harness horses and hacks also w r ere disposed of at current rates We quote . Supenoi young draught geldings, £40 to £55, extra good pn/e horses, £()U to £70 , medium draught mares and geldings, £35 to £15 , aged do, £21 to 3G , upstanding <_airiage horses, £31) to £35 , well-matched carriage pans, £80 to £100 , strong spimg-\aii horses, £33 to £15, milk-cart and butcheis' order-cait horses, £22 to £30 , tram horses, £11 to £27 , light hacks, £10 to£l(» , extra good hacks, £18 to £30 , weedy and aged hacks and harness horses, £3 to £8.