![]() The rules for contestants were given to the various racers this afternoon by F. ![]() This phrase refers to checkered flag (British English chequered flag), denoting a flag with a black-and-white checkered pattern, displayed to drivers at the end of a race-as mentioned for example in the following from The Boston Herald (Boston, Massachusetts, USA) of Sunday 5 th September 1909, about “ the big automobile race carnival” that was to take place at Lowell, Massachusetts: In motorsports, the phrase to take the checkered flag (British English to take the chequered flag) means to win a race. ![]()
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