4 COACHING. 



the sea-sbore, when flying from the resentment 

 of his father. His horses were so frightened 

 at the noise of sea-calves, whicli Neptune had 

 purposely sent there, that they ran among- the 

 rocks till his chariot was broken and his body 

 torn to pieces. 



Yirgil and Horace sang the praises and com- 

 memorated the honours of the '* whips " of their 

 day. Juvenal tells us of a Roman Consul who 

 aspired to be a " dragsman " — 



" Volucri 

 Carpeuto rapitur pinguis Damasippus ; et ipse 

 Ipse rotarn stringit multo sufflamine Consul." 



Again, T find the following lines : — 



" Sunt quos curriculo pulverera Olympicum 

 Collegisse juvat metaque fervidis 

 Evitata rotis, palmaque nobilis 

 Terrarum dominos evehit ad Deos." 



Which may be thus rendered — " The summit 

 of some men's ambition is to drive four-in- 

 hand." 



Propertius, too, exclaims against the tandem 

 as rivalling the curricle — that is, according to 

 some witty translators : — 



" Invide tu tandem voces compesce molestas. 

 Et sine nos cursu quo sumus ire pares." 



