LIVE STOCK

New Zealand Tablet, Volume 27, Issue 21, 27 May 1909, Page 817

LIVE STOCK

DUNEDIN HORSE SALEYARDS. Messrs. Wright, Stephenson, and Co. report as follows : For last Saturday's sale' we had a good entry of both draught and light harness horses, the chief attraction being a consignment on account of Mr. Thomas Ryder, Invercargill. Buyers, both town and country, were present in quest of good, active draughts, and iifcvconsequence the tone of the market was very healthy, the major part oi» the entry changing hands at satisfactory prices. Of the draughts offered there were none of more than, ordinary quality, and prices realised were therefore not high, yet, considering the class, were very good. The market is active for good young draughts, both for town and country work, but for stale and aged horses "it is decidedly dull, and values of the latter descriptions are distinctly in favor of the buyer. Spring-vanners and spring-carters are also in request, and any coming forward meet good sales. For hacks and harness horses the demand is somewhat slack, as is usual at this period of the year, but, all the same, whenever a first-class animal is submitted, it commands its full value. We quote: Superior young draught geldings, at from £45 to £50; extra good do prize-winuers, at from £"50 to £55; superior young draught mares, 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 harness horses, at from £13 to £25; weedy and aged do., at from £5 to £7.

A notice from the Railway authorities with reference to excursion tickets in connection with the Prince of Wales' .Birthday and the Dunedin Winter Show appears elsewhere in this issue....