. Greek athletic sports and festivals . Thessalian, three wereSicilians. The event evidentlyfound no^ favour with the Eleans,who abolished it at the firstopportunity, perhaps allegingas an excuse an ancient cursewhich prevented mules frombeing bred in Elis.^ The coin in our illustration (Fig. 168)commemorates the victory of Anaxilas of Ehegium early inthe fifth century. On it the mule-car appears as little morethan a box-seat perched above two wheels. In the horse-races the jockeys rode without stirrups orsaddle. On the Panathenaic vase (Fig. 169) in the BritishMuseum they appear as naked ,you
. Greek athletic sports and festivals . Thessalian, three wereSicilians. The event evidentlyfound no^ favour with the Eleans,who abolished it at the firstopportunity, perhaps allegingas an excuse an ancient cursewhich prevented mules frombeing bred in Elis.^ The coin in our illustration (Fig. 168)commemorates the victory of Anaxilas of Ehegium early inthe fifth century. On it the mule-car appears as little morethan a box-seat perched above two wheels. In the horse-races the jockeys rode without stirrups orsaddle. On the Panathenaic vase (Fig. 169) in the BritishMuseum they appear as naked ,youths with long hair; thoseon the Amphiaraus vase (Fig. 3) wear a short chiton girt inclosely. In a red-figured vase-painting in Munich^ one ofthe jockeys has been thrown from his horse in making theturn, and is being dragged along still holding the rein. Thevictories of Philip II. of Macedon have already been victory in the horse-race at Olympia is commemorated by 1 Paus. V. 5, Munich, 805 ; Schreiber, Atlas, xxiv. —Silver tetradrachni of Rhegium,in British Museum (enlarged). Earlyfifth century. XXI THE HIPPODROME—MULE-CAR—HORSE-RACE 461 a coin bearing on one side the figure of his victorious jockeyholding in his hand the palm (Fig. 167). Of the Olympic KaX-m] I know no illustration, but some-thing very similar to it occurs on the coins of Tarentum. Thedidrachms of Tarentum,^ from the fifth century to the end ofthe third century , present a wonderful variety of equestriantypes which, as Dr. Evans says, give artistic expression tothe passionate love of the turf which was so distinguishing afeature of Tarentine public life. The coin in our illustration(Fig. 170), which belongs to the beginning of the third century,represents a common type, a naked youth armed with a small
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