San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-08-16
TOTS BUILD.
MACHINES
FOR BIG
Event
Juvenile Barney 0ldfields
Preparing for Satur-
days Contest.

Searching for wheels, digging franti-
cally into treasure troves of spikes,
bolts, boards and tin; avidly measur-
ing, saving, and hammering, hundreds
of San Antonio boys and girls are
building pushmobiles and scooters for
The Lights race classic next Satur-
day.
The sight of juvenile Barney Old
fields, laundering down the paved
stretch back of Lions field in Brack-
cnridge Park, flying on the wings of
the wind around the halfway post,
and coming in on two wheels and
out of breath under the finish ropes,
proved too much for scores of young
sters who attended the tryouts Thurs
day and qualified.
GET ENTRY BLANKS.
The news was rapidly broadcast,
and eager racers are now building
speed craft in Alamo Heights, High
land Park, Laurel Heights, Beacon
Hill, on the north side, south side,
east side and west side, all over.
But the building of craft is not
all. Some boys with scooters could.
not enter the tryouts Thursday be-
cause they had not sent in entry
blanks, which are printed daily in
The Light.
"If you want to enter the races
Saturday." they were told, you'll
have to sign these blanks and send
them in to The Light. It's not too
late yet. Sign your blanks, send them
in, and begin building your scooters
and pushmobiles. )"
VALUABLE PRIZES.
Excited boys and girls stared at
some of the prizes which are going
to be given to the winners. To begin
with, there's the shiny new automo-
bile given by Richard Dix, well known
moving picture star. This is a real
automobile, complete in every detail.
1t will be given to the one who
builds the best scooter.
Then there are two $3.50 red ball
bearing scooters, given by Ed
Mabrito of the Hex Company, there
is a fine football, baseball and bat.
glove, besides scores of other fine
prizes.
Prizes will be given to winners OF
first, second and third places, in both
scooter and pushmobile races. There
are three classes in the pushmobi1e
race, one for boys and girls under
IL years of age; another II to II
inclusive, an dthe third Is to II, in
elusive. The pusher and driver of the
craft must be of the same age. A
prize will be given to both pusher
and driver Of winning places.
HOW TO GET SCOOTERS.
Age classes in the scooter races are
s years and under: 0 to Il. inclusive;
and Is to Is, inclusive.
So there you are boys and girls T.
Remember-all entries must be in
the hands of the race editor BY
p. m. August 81, thst's Friday.
You can either build yosir scooters,
trying for the Richard Dix automo-
bile prize, or you can get them By
selling subscriptions to The Light.
Both winners of the scooter race try
out Thursday got theirs that way.
In some of the pictures shown, you
have an idea of what's what in push
mobiles. Remember, they must have
at least three wheels each.
: Oh yes! Another thing. Remember
that the day of the races, Saturday.
you will have such people back OF
you: r. d. Uen) ormsby, famous
racing driver. will start you. aud
Mayor John W. Tobin, Colonel ".
T. Mitchell. THE Flying Generail.
Fire and Police Commissioner Wright:
Chief Of Police T. o. Miller and Gus
Klockenkemper. chief Of The traffic