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** I formerly believed," says the Abbe Gidoyn, 

 " that it was obligatory only in chariot races to pass 

 round the goal ; but the following passage from 

 Pausanias undeceived me : ' The mare of Phidolos of 

 Corinth,' says he, 'well deserves that I should call 

 attention to her merits. The Corinthians name her 

 Aura. Her master having fallen at the very begin- 

 ning of the race, not for an instant did she slacken 

 her speed, but running on with the same care and 

 judgment as if she still felt his guiding hand, she 

 made the circuit of the goal, redoubled her efforts at 

 the sound of the trumpet, and at last, conscious of 

 having gained the victory and merited the reward, 

 stopped in front of the judges' stand. Phidolos was 

 proclaimed victor, and obtained from the Eleans the 

 privilege of erecting a monument on which himself 

 and his mare were represented." From this passage 

 we learn that towards the end of a race a flourish of 

 trumpets animated the combatants to renewed efforts, 

 and we must also conclude that the horse and chariot 

 races were run in different inclosures. A horse would 

 find no difficulty in turning where for a chariot to 

 turn would be an utter impossibility ; consequently 

 the same goal would not have answered for both. 

 The Stadium, a space of about six hundred English 

 feet, was the scene of the foot-races, the Hippo- 

 drome of the horse-races ; and there was also a 

 special place assigned to the contesting chariots. 



The Hippodrome must have been longer than the 



