“I agree with you,” said Thomas readily. “Our camp wants to beat yours too, and if you fellows don’t take it seriously why there won’t be much honor in it for us if we do win.”
“There’d be plenty of disgrace if we lost under those conditions though,” laughed Franklin Dunbar.
“We don’t know anything about tilting either, Grant,” said George. “We will need a lot of practice for that event.”
“All right,” agreed Grant. “I guess we do need practice. As far as I’m concerned, anything you fellows say suits me. How about a judge though? Suppose we should have a close finish in one of the races, who would we have to decide it for us?”
“My uncle is coming to spend a week with us in camp,” said Hugh McNeale. “He might act as judge if we wanted him.”
“That would be fine,” exclaimed Grant. “When is he coming?”
“Not till week after next.”
“That’s all right,” said Fred. “That would be just about right.”
“Suppose we set two weeks from Wednesday then,” suggested Thomas. “That ought to give us plenty of time to get in shape.”
“All right,” agreed Grant. “We ought to have some sort of name for our teams too. Have you any name for your camp?”