Previous to the erection of the Panathenaic stadium by Lycurgus the athletic competitions took place in the deme of Echelidae, and this site continued to be the scene of the chariot and horse races. The Hippodrome of Athens is stated to have been of the unusual length of eight stades.[403] The Athenians were at all periods passionately fond of horses. The four-horse chariot-race, the pair-horse chariot-race, and the horse-race are represented on the Panathenaic amphorae of the sixth century. The earliest of these vases which we possess, the Burgon vase in the British Museum, was the prize for the pair-horse chariot-race.[404] The apobates race must have existed in the fifth century, for the apobates is represented on the frieze of the Parthenon. For the fourth century we have only a portion of the equestrian programme, preserved in the inscription already quoted. We have apparently only the last six events, with the number of measures of oil presented for each of them. The inscription runs as follows:— 1st Prize. 2nd Prize. Chariot-race for colts (ἵππων ζεύγει 40 8 πωλικῷ) Chariot-race for full-grown horses 140 40 (ἵππων ζεύγει ἀδηφάγῳ)[405] War (πολεμιστηρίοις), horse-race (ἵππῳ 16 4 κέλητι νικώντι) War (πολεμιστηρίοις), chariot-race 30 6 (ἵππων ζεύγει νικῶντι) Processional chariot-race (ζεύγει 4 1 πομπικῷ νικῶντι) Javelin throwing on horseback (ἀφ’ ἵππου 5 1 ἀκοντίζοντι)