Virginia City outhouse races return

How dapper is your crapper? The World Championship Outhouse Races come back to historic Virginia City Oct 2-3.

This fun and easy competition is open to anyone who wants to put a three-man team together - must be 18 and older - one to ride on the throne, and the other two to push their outhouse.

Entry fee is $50, and all proceeds go to the Virginia City Convention & Tourism Authority to help fund the event and promote the living history that thrives in The Comstock.

For entry forms and rules, log onto www.VisitVirginiaCityNV.com.

The event itself is free to the public and promises to be a fun and humorous time for the whole family.

The official parade of outhouses starts at noon Oct. 3, right along "C" Street

downtown, followed by a double elimination tournament from

1-5 p.m.