ANCIENT CHARIOT. 293 



However, as the route of the race generally conCfted 

 but of one long courfe, returning again to the ftarting- 

 poft, the only wheeling performed in it was to the 

 left ; but to make that matter even and fair, the cha- 

 riots came in upon the left of the ftarting-poft, as 

 above defcribed ; fo that thofe who were outermoll ac 

 the wheeling round the meta, and had there the dif- 

 advantage, were innermoft at the coming in, and had 

 that difadvantage made up to them. 



As in thefe courfes of one circuit, which were the 

 moft common, the only wheeling performed was ta 

 the left round the meta * ; the horfe of the higheft 

 vigour and greateft velocity was harnelled extrajugal' 

 upon the right : and for the like reafon, the bed ma- 

 neged and moft flexile horfe f was harnelTed extra- 

 jugal on the left, becaufe the firft was to bring round 

 th€ chariot in the ac^ of wheeling, and the latter to 

 maintain a kind of equably moving fulcrum, upon 

 which the whole motion of the wheeling depended ; 

 fo that each had his perfe6lion, and each was firft and. 

 moft excellent in his refpeflive property; the attending 

 to which diftinftion might have cleared Scheffer's dif- 

 ficulties. The horfes of the quadrigce were generally, 

 though not without exception, mentioned in the follow- 

 ing order. Firft, the extrajugal on the right: Second, 

 the extrajugal on the left. Third, the jugal on the 



* Vide Scholiaft in Antigone Sophocles. 

 f Vide Sophocles Eledram. 



• right. 



