Word: signal
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...crews will be ready at Brookline bridge promptly at 3 p. m. The stern of eachshell will be held from a boat attached to a rope stretched across the river. As soon as the shells are in position, one long whistle will be blown as a preparatory signal. Twenty seconds after this signal three short sharp whistles will signify "Are you ready...
...first starting signal (a gun shot) will be given at any moment after the three whistles...
...mile bicycle, 3.20 class, scratch, (open to members of the H. B. C.). 1st prize, U. S. signal glass, given by Wm. Read and Son; 2d prize, "Sears Special" racket, given by Wright and Ditson; 3d prize, engraved silver...
After the formation has been completed, the battalion will march by way of Beacon and Arlington streets to its position in the third division of the procession, on the north side of Commonwealth avenue, the right resting on Dartmouth street. The procession is expected to start at 8.30, the signal being given by the firing of three guns on the common. The column will move from Boylston and Dartmouth streets, passing by the Brunswick, where the line will be reviewed by Governor Ames; thence through Berkeley street, Columbus avenue, Worcester to Washington streets to Adams square, at the foot...
...shortest route. On finding the bags the hounds may make for home as they please in a "fast" hunt; in a "slow" hunt they shall wait the word from the master to "break." In a "slow" hunt, if, for any reason, the bags cannot be found, the signal to "break" may be given by the master, with the consent of a majority of the pack...