Word: gun
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...three-quarters of an hour after the advertised time, the whistle blew for the crews to take up their positions. A few moments later the gun was fired, and the crews were off. Eighty-five and eighty six got the best of the start, but for the first few yards the crews were practically even...
...referee will say, "Gentlemen, are you ready? " and getting no reply, and seeing no coxswain hold up his hand as a signal that his crew is not ready, the referee will fire a shot gun, after an interval of from two to four seconds, as a signal...
Eighty-eight won two prizes out of six in the series of shot gun matches just closed...
...Rupert, president of the Sheff. Gun Club of Yale, has written to the management of the Shooting Club with a view to arranging a rifle match between the colleges...
...series of shot gun matches is to be opened at Walnut Hill, this afternoon...