LIVE STOCK DUNEDTN HORSE SALEYARDS.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXIII, Issue 39, 28 September 1905, Page 15

LIVE STOCK DUNEDTN HORSE SALEYARDS.

Messrs* Wright, Stephensoa, and Co. £ report as follows r—

For Saturday's sale there was a very poor entry ol horses, both 1 in. respect to numbers and quality. There were no first-class draughts forwarcli and hacks and harness horses were also a very second-rate lot. First-cla&s horses of all descriptions are in good demand, and we strongly recommend consignments. There were several buyers in the yard on Saturday <m the look-out for first-class draughts, hut as there was nothing forward suitable for ttieir requirements, they are still in tihe market. We quote : Superior young draught geldings, at from £50 to £55 ; extra good do (prize hpises)^ £56 to £65 ,; superior young draught mares, £60 to £75 ; medium draught mares and geldings, £30 to £45 , aged do, £17 to £30 ; upstanding cairtftajg!! , horses, £25 to £35; well-tafrftehed carriage pairs,, £80 to £100 ; strong spring-van horses, £30 to £35 ; milk-cart and batchers' order-cart houses, £20 to- £2B; light hacks, £10 to £18; extra good hacks, £20 to £30 ; weedy and aged hacks and harness horses, £5 to £8.