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ACCOUNT OF THE ANNUAL SALE AND DEATHS 
OF HORSES IN A REGIMENT OF HEAVY 
DRAGOONS- 
The following extract is taken from the “ Edinburgh Medi¬ 
cal and Surgical Journal,” No. 335. Mr. Marshall deserves 
great credit for having directed attention to a subject of so much 
interest to the public service, and so important in comparative 
pathology. 
The object of this paper is to submit some statistical facts in 
regard to-Regiment of Heavy Dragoons, for a period of 
eight years; and, in so far as one corps may serve as a type or 
symbol of the cavalry in general, the results cannot but be 
interesting. 
Table I.—The ages of the horses belonging to the regiment in 
question, accoraing to the register in 1836 and 1837:— 
1836. 
1837. 
Afi^e 
. 
No. 
Years. 
Age. 
No. 
Years. 
3 
years 
X 8 
= 24 
3 
years X 13 
zz39 
4 
do. 
40 
160 
4 
do. 
23 
92 
5 
do. 
6 
30 
5 
do. 
22 
110 
6 
do. 
13 
78 
6 
do. 
33 
198 
7 
do. 
9 
63 
7 
do. 
16 
112 
8 
do. 
17 
136 
8 
do. 
10 
80 
9 
do. 
24 
216 
9 
do. 
4 
36 
10 
do. 
13 
130 
10 
do. 
17 
170 
11 
do. 
20 
220 
11 
do. 
20 
220 
12 
do. 
15 
180 
12 
do. 
12 
144 
13 
do. 
14 
182 
13 
do. 
13 
169 
14 
do. 
30 
420 
14 
do. 
10 
140 
15 
do. 
15 
225 
15 
do. 
11 
165 
16 
& above 9 
144 
16 
& above 38 
608 
233)2208 
242) 
2263 
Average age . 
...92 
Average 
age ... 
From the above table, it appears that the mean age of the 
horse is about years. 
