San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-12-04
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81 Varieties Available to
Hosts of Tourists Who
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BY BESS CARROLL

SA~ASS SEAANAN> 49,
. San Antonio offers more amusement
TO tourists than any other city in the
United States.
That is why the city is expected to
become one Of the greatest play
grounds in America-another reason
why steady. rapid growth is newt
able. For, as a famous firm adver-
tises 81 varieties of pickles and other
edibles, San Antonio boasts 81 vsrie-
ties of sports and smusements. Fifty
seven famous varieties!
An ideal sunsbiny climate Is big
reason-perhaps the big reason-for
San Antonio'S extraordinary number
Of diversified sports. A virgin out
door paradise at the city's back door
is another cause Of the Alamo City's
81 varieties Nature and enter
prise and the sporting spirit Of the
Southwest have COMBINED TO make San
Antonio the sportsman's Eden.
SPORTS SCPPLANT SALOONS.
No more do the faro games or the
seething saloons Of the plazas offer
amusement to the stranger in San
Antonio; horse-thief hanging is ex-
tinct. The midwest amusements
that once occupied cowboys and Chero-
kee braves have become multitude
of clean. interesting. healthy sports.
Fifty-seven of them, Horseback
riding, swimming. boating. polo, golf.
tennis. fishing. turkey hunting, air
plane riding. motoring. camping, dane
| ing. picknicking movies, sightseeing.
baseball, football, croquet, mountain
climbing, deer hunting, wolf killing.
night flying. boxing. wrestling, ex-
ploring caves, archery, hiking, basket
ball. rodeos. soccer donkey riding.
aqua planning. kodaking. painting
(art). duck hunting, bird hunting.
horseshoe pitching, volley ball, hand
ball, skating. studying wild animal
life, bicycling. motos boating. vsude-
vile, yachting, steeplechase, fox hunts.
ing with the pack. track meets, bowl
ing. trap shooting, pistol range shoot
ing, rifle target shooting on the
ranges, army 'maneuvers. parachute
jumping, auto racing and horse rae
ing.
YEAR ROUND SWIMMING.
Year round swimming, Few places
can offer that.
A paradise for the Nimrods OF the
world surrounds San Antonio. Wild
turkeys thrive in the hill district
northwest of the city. near and be-
yond Kerrville. Deer inhabit the big
pastures between here and Laredo and
the annual migration to these happy
hunting grounds resembles the old
time hegira OF the Indians for buffalo.
Birds of all kinds are always plenti.
full in season.. And when duck-hunt
! ing time comes round, the sport is so
tempting half Of San Antonio's lead
ing male citizens desert their firesides
for day or two on nearby streams.
= RIDING DELIGHTS VISITORS.
Horseback riding is novelty that
delights visitors. Scenic highways
leading in every direction offer pretty.
rcstful drives-both for the equestrian
and the motorist. Bexar county has
the best system Of paved roads OF any
county in the country. And at the
end of the road there is always some
pleasure-place to yield golden hours /:
to the south. fishing and bathing on
the coast; nOrthward, an unendin
e choice OF ranches with their wild west
sports and their offering OF rest 10
the weary: aud 10 the west. scenery
and outdoor sports surpassed only BY
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