Let us pass to the second passage indicated by E. Curtius, _viz._ vi. 6, 3. 'There stands there also the statue of Lastratidas, an Eleian boy, who won the crown for wrestling; he obtained also in Nemea among the boys, and among youths ([Greek: en te paisi kai ageneiôn]) another victory.' Pausanias adds: that Paraballon, the father of Lastratidas, won in the [Greek: diaulos, hypeleipeto de kai es tous epeita philotimian, tôn nikêsantôn Olympiasi ta onomata anagrapsas en gymnasiô tô en Olympia]. Here, at last, we have some definite evidence, and I will add at once another passage--the only other passage I can find where any register is alluded to--as it expounds the former. In vi. 8, 1, we find: Euanorides the Eleian gained the victory for wrestling both at Olympia and Nemea: [Greek: genomenos de Hellanodikês egrapse kai houtos ta onomata en Olympia tôn nenikêkotôn]. It appears then that if an Eleian had distinguished himself at the games, he was likely to be afterwards chosen as one of the judges--a reasonable custom, even now prevailing amongst us. It also appears that such [Greek: hellanodikai] obtained the right of celebrating their year of office by inscribing the names of the victors, and doubtless their own, in the gymnasium. But fortunately, the date of these inscriptions is determined by two facts. In the first place both came after the establishing of boys' contests, which Pausanias expressly calls an invention of the Eleians, and fixes at the 37th Olympiad. Again the son of Paraballon, and Euanorides himself, won prizes at Nemea--a contest not established, according to E. Curtius, till about 570 B.C., but probably a little earlier, and nearer to 600 B.C. I do not for a moment deny the existence of some kind of register from this time onward; in fact there are some probable reasons to be presently adduced in favour of it. Indeed the very form of the note about Paraballon _seems to imply some novelty_, an exceptional distinction in his inscription; and what we are here seeking is evidence for an _early_ register, in fact a register of the contests previous to 600 B.C.