. Greek athletic sports and festivals . und of the trumpet, spurted and came in first, and thenknowing that she had won, stopped.^ There is of course nothing ^ Pindar, 01. ii. 50, iii. 33, vi. 75 ; Pi/th. v. 30. The passages referring to themeasurements are collected by Pollack, oj). cit, pp. 103 ff. ^ Paus. vi. 13, 9. 458 GREEK ATHLETIC SPORTS AND FESTIVALS CHAP. remarkable in the story; indeed, I recollect seeing a very similarincident on the Totnes racecourse, but modern racing rules donot allow a horse thus to get rid of its riders weight. From this story we learn that at some point, perha
. Greek athletic sports and festivals . und of the trumpet, spurted and came in first, and thenknowing that she had won, stopped.^ There is of course nothing ^ Pindar, 01. ii. 50, iii. 33, vi. 75 ; Pi/th. v. 30. The passages referring to themeasurements are collected by Pollack, oj). cit, pp. 103 ff. ^ Paus. vi. 13, 9. 458 GREEK ATHLETIC SPORTS AND FESTIVALS CHAP. remarkable in the story; indeed, I recollect seeing a very similarincident on the Totnes racecourse, but modern racing rules donot allow a horse thus to get rid of its riders weight. From this story we learn that at some point, perhaps at theturn of the last lap, a trumpet was blown. Perhaps thenumber of laps were marked by a blast of the trumpet. Somemeans must certainly have been employed for the informationof the drivers. In the Roman circus the laps were marked byfigures of dolphins and eggs set upon pillars at either each lap one of the dolphins was turned round and one ofthe eggs probably removed, but we know of no such arrange-ment in the Fig. 166.—Panathenaic amphora, in British Museum, B. 132. Sixth century. Two distinct types of chariot were used in Greek four-horse chariot was a modification of the Homericwar-chariot. This war-chariot consisted of a low car mountedon two wheels with a high framework in front and at the sides,in which the chieftain and the driver stood side by side. Itwas open behind, so that the chieftain could readily dismountto fight, and remount when he found it desirable. The racingcar was very similar, but was usually drawn by four horsesinstead of two, had a lighter framework, and had only roomfor the charioteer. One of the earliest representations of aracing car occurs on an eighth-century vase in the BritishMuseum.^ The artist probably intended to represent a two-^ xix. p. 8. Guide to Greek and Roman Life, p. 200. XXI THE HIPPODROME—THE CHARIOT 459 horse car, but finding this too difficult contented himself withone horse. Th
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