Here are the names of the nines:
| BESSEMERS | ULSTERS |
| KING ARTHUR. | EMPEROR LUCIUS. |
| KING LOT OF LOTHIAN. | KING LOGRIS. |
| KING OF NORTHGALIS. | KING MARHALT OF IRELAND. |
| KING MARSIL. | KING MORGANORE. |
| KING OF LITTLE BRITAIN. | KING MARK OF CORNWALL. |
| KING LABOR. | KING NENTRES OF GARLOT. |
| KING PELLAM OF LISTENGESE. | KING MELIODAS OF LIONES. |
| KING BAGDEMAGUS. | KING OF THE LAKE. |
| KING TOLLEME LA FEINTES. | THE SOWDAN OF SYRIA. |
| Umpire—CLARENCE. |
The first public game would certainly draw fifty thousand people; and for solid fun would be worth going around the world to see. Everything would be favorable; it was balmy and beautiful spring weather now, and Nature was all tailored out in her new clothes.