LIVE STOCK

New Zealand Tablet, 10 December 1908, Page 17

LIVE STOCK

DUNEDIN HORSE SALEYARDS. x

Messrs. Wright, Stephenson, and Co. report as follows: Thore was a very mixed muster of hisses, both draught and light, for Saturday's sale, tlie four or five exceptions, being all aged and donetfcLrcsT' The attendance of the ptiblic was only fair, the reason, no doubt, being that there was " nothing special advertised for the sale There are buyers on the look-out for good, young, "active, heavy draughts for contract work; also for strong, upstanding, reliable light harness horses, and whenever such fresh from the country are submitted for sale they command

good competition. During the Tveek we have disposed of quite a number of spring-vannefs and" heavy harness sorts at from £16 10s to £i|3. We _quqte : Superior young draught geldings, at from £45 to £50; extra good do prize-winners, at from £50 to £55 j superior young draught maTes, at from £50 to £60; medium draught mares and geldings, at "from £30 to £40; aged do, at from £15 to £20; well-matched carriage pairs, at- from £70 to £100; strong spring-van horses, at from -£25 to £30; milkcart and butchers' order-cart horses, at from £18 to £35; light hacks, at from £8 to £13; extra good hacks and haTness horses, at from £13 "to £25; weedy and good do, at from £5 to £7.