Packard, of the first class, had agreed to act as referee.

Maitland, second class, held the watch.

Dodge and Prescott were in their corners, stripped for the fray.

Nelson, of the third class, was Dodge's other second.
Both men looked in fine condition as they waited for the referee to call the bout.

Both had received the same amount of bodily training, some of it under Captain Koehler at the gymnasium, and a good deal more of it in infantry, cavalry, artillery and other drills.