In response to:
Alexander's Mules from the December 20, 1979 issue
To the Editors:
Professor Badian [NYR, December 20], though admirably knowledgeable in other ways, misunderstands his army manual: A mule (or horse) 14.1 hands high is 14 hands, 1 inch, or 57 inches high. It is not 14-1/10 hands high, as Badian, reasonably but wrongly, thinks. The manual follows horsemen’s convention, not the decimal system.
Warren Button
Buffalo, New York
This Issue
March 6, 1980
This Issue
March 6, 1980
