LIVE STOCK

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXVI, Issue 24, 18 June 1908, Page 17

LIVE STOCK

DUNEDIN HORSE SALFYARDS. JVLssrs. .Wright, Stephcnson, and Co. .report as follows :— _ . For last Saturday 's sale there was a very .good entry, draughts especially being well represented both- as regards quality and numbers, but light harness horses were not so numerous. The main feature of the sale was Messrs. Ross -and Giendining's well-known waggon team, and although the horses were just out of hard work every animal as offered was keenly competed for, and sold at prices ranging up to £'14 10s. Mr. James Todd (South Canterbury) had also a consignment of four gto!ad draught mares and geldings. Taken all through, Saturday's sale was one oi the best we. have had for some lime. The demand for all classes .of young, useful horses continues good, and any such coming forward meet an excellent sale and realise full values. The following include a few of our principal transactions for% the week : Bay geldings, five years, at £4-1 10s ; bay gelding, at £38 10s ; bay mare, at £38 ; bay gelding, at £34 10s ; bay gelding, aged, at £30 » brown gelding, aged, at £28 10s ; bay gelding, aged, at £26 10s ; and half a dozen old and stale sorts at up to £23 10s. We quote : Superior young . draught geldings, at from £45 to £50 ; extra good do. (priae 'wirners"), at from £50 to £59 ; super' or young draught mares, at from £50 to £60 : medium dr?.ught mares and ccMinrs, at from £30 to -E'lO ; a°;ed do, at from £15 to £20 ; well-mat«hed carri"ge pairs, at from £70 to £100 , strong; spring-van horses, at from £25 to £30 ; milk-ckrt and but'hers' order-cart horses, at from £18 1o £35; light ha<*s, at from £8 to "£l3; extra eood hack's aivd harness horses, at from £13 tn £25'; weedy and aged do, at from £5 to £7.