APPENDIX. 30^^ 



and vigour, was feven times round the Circus. Aufo- 

 nius fays of Pbofphorus^ 



Septenas foUtus viBor ahhe vias. 



It appears likewife from the fame authority, that 

 thefe fmgle racers were ufed to contend with the ^la- 

 driga, or chariots drawn by four horfes. Aufon. Epitap. 

 3J-. See this alfo confirmed by Sidonius Apollinaris, 

 Carmen 23. lib. 373. 



Page 73." The Etruvian, or Tufcan breed, is praifed 

 by Oppian."] Volaterrannus celebrates thofe of Sardi- 

 nia. Non enimfcimus quaks Mulos Clodius habiierit^ aut mulas 

 'Titus An^iius Milo ; — aut iitrum Tufco equo federit CataUna an 

 Sardo. Flavius Vopifcus in Firmo, cap. 6. 



Page 77. " Inftead of a curry-comb, they put a co- 

 vering upon their hands."] The Greeks made ufe of an 

 inftrument of iron for the fame purpofe, called Marnica, 

 and explained by Hefychius, to be an Irc7i Hand. 



Page 78. "To tie rollers of wood."] This is no un- 

 frequent thing in the prefent fyflem of Horfemanfliip, 

 and to a certain degree will have a good effedr. Ploi/ghed 

 fields were alfo thought to conduce to the fame end ; in 

 which it was ufual to break and exercife horfes, till of 

 late ; the utility of working in riding-houfcs having al- 

 VoL. I. S f moft 



