three p.m.
`` Messrs. Mugford and Clare , `` The oarsmen of the galley _ Pupil _ would hereby challenge the gentlemen of the boat _ Tutor _ to a race on the eighteenth of June , in Bath Bay waters . The course to be from Youngster 's Wharf around Leander 's Rock , and return . Stakes to be -- the championship of Bath Bay . The oarsmen of the _ Pupil _ would respectfully propose three p.m. as the hour for the race , and the firing of a gun the signal for the start . The oldest inhabitant , Clump , offers his services as umpire , referee , judge , and signalman . `` All which is submitted for the acceptance and concurrence of the gentlemen of the _ Tutor _ . '' -LRB- Signed -RRB- Walter Tregellin , Henry C. Higginson , Drake Quincy Tregellin , Alfred Higginson , _ Oarsmen _ , `` Robert Tregellin , _ Coxswain _ . ''