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00:27 (fire crackling)
00:49 (hooves clopping)
00:51 - All right, Mitch, bring him in.
01:03 - What was the time, Jimmy?
01:14 - 152 for the mile.
01:16 - He's getting worse instead of better.
01:18 - I can't understand it, Jimmy.
01:24 Lightning ledged in good condition,
01:26 but he doesn't seem to have any heart in him.
01:28 He just won't give.
01:29 - Well, let's get him rubbed down.
01:31 Then we'll go to work.
01:32 Come on.
01:33 - Service, service!
01:37 - Yes, Mr. Winters?
01:40 - Hey, Batsy, how much do I owe you?
01:43 - Oh, let's see, two cups of black coffee,
01:46 that's 10 cents.
01:46 - Keep it, Batsy, keep it.
01:51 Say, with a little luck,
01:54 I'm gonna be rolling in wealth pretty soon.
01:57 And let me tell you something, Batsy.
02:02 When that happens, there's gonna be a lot of changes
02:05 made around this hick college.
02:07 (Batsy squawks)
02:09 Who said that?
02:10 - I'll pay no attention to that, Mr. Winters.
02:12 Now tell me some more about this money.
02:14 Are you going to inherit it?
02:15 - No, worse luck.
02:16 He's going to marry it.
02:18 - That's all right, sister.
02:20 I'll still give you a break once in a while.
02:23 Yes, sirree, Batsy.
02:25 I'm going to marry one of the sweetest little bank accounts
02:28 you ever saw.
02:29 She's got blue eyes and gold wavy hair
02:34 and figure, seven, Batsy, seven figures.
02:39 (Batsy squawks)
02:41 Hey, I don't have to take that from anybody.
02:43 - That isn't anybody, Mr. Winters.
02:45 That's only Jim Shea's goat, Adolph.
02:47 - Say, are you trying to kid me?
02:50 - Oh, Les, sit down and stop making a fool of yourself.
02:53 - Well, I don't have to take that from anybody.
02:55 - Say, are you of entriloquist?
02:58 - I don't know what my religion's got to do with it.
03:00 What I tell you, Mr. Winters,
03:02 that's Jim Shea's goat out in the backyard.
03:04 If you don't believe me,
03:04 you can go out and look for yourself.
03:07 - All right, I will.
03:09 - But Mr. Winters, but Mr. Winters.
03:13 Mr. Winters, I wouldn't go out there if I was you.
03:17 Adolph's temper is very uncertain.
03:19 I've made a life study of goats and I know.
03:21 - And I'm telling you something.
03:23 If there's no goat out there, you'd better start running.
03:27 Because, look at that guy's license number.
03:31 Hey.
03:32 Adolph, I'm ashamed of you.
03:35 I had a vote to send you back to the stable.
03:37 - Ah, sending back to the stable is nothing.
03:40 Say, this guy would be worth his weight in gold
03:43 for fraternity initiations.
03:45 I'm gonna take him along with me.
03:47 - Oh, well, Mr. - Come on, Adolph.
03:50 - Mr. Winters.
03:51 - Come on, Adolph.
03:52 Come on, Adolph.
03:53 See, he likes me.
03:57 - Yes, goats are known for their peculiar taste.
04:00 - That'll be about enough out of you, sister.
04:03 - I'm afraid Jimmy wouldn't like it, Mr. Winters.
04:06 You see, Adolph was willed to him by his father.
04:08 The goat and the horse, Lightning Lad,
04:11 were the only things that the old man, Shea, left him.
04:13 - Ah, don't worry about that.
04:14 I'll buy the goat.
04:16 Shea needs the money.
04:17 That's settled, that's settled.
04:19 Come on, Adolph.
04:20 - Just a minute, Les.
04:24 I may put up with you marrying Mary and Braddock,
04:26 but if you think that I'm gonna ride
04:28 in the same car with this animal, you're mistaken.
04:31 - Heh, suit yourself, sister.
04:33 Walk if you want to.
04:34 But Adolph and I are going to ride.
04:37 Aren't we, Adolph?
04:38 Come on, toots.
04:40 (goat bleating)
04:42 - Goodbye, Adolph.
04:43 Maybe my restaurant will smell more like a cafe now.
04:49 (car engine rumbling)
04:53 (car engine rumbling)
04:56 (car engine rumbling)
04:59 (goat bleating)
05:25 (goat bleating)
05:27 - What happened?
05:34 What's come over Lightning, Les?
05:35 - Look.
05:36 Look ahead in that car.
05:39 Adolph.
05:40 - What's that got to do with Lightning?
05:42 Look at the speed we're going.
05:43 - It's got everything to do with him.
05:45 Lightning is lonesome, lonesome for his mascot.
05:47 - All we gotta do now is get Adolph back.
05:49 - What's up?
05:52 - The milk wagon.
05:53 They're chasing us.
05:54 Pull up the car.
05:55 - Here, fix these lines.
05:57 We'll get him.
05:58 - Oh, it's Jim Shea.
06:00 His horse has gone screwier than his.
06:02 I'll keep just far enough ahead to have some fun.
06:05 - Winters, stop that car.
06:07 (car engine rumbling)
06:10 Put on your brakes.
06:23 (car engine rumbling)
06:26 - Good morning, Adolph.
06:31 - Say, I ought to kick you all over the place.
06:35 But instead, it looks as though you did me a favor.
06:44 I'll send you a bill for the spilled milk, though.
06:46 - Uh-uh.
06:47 - It won't do you any good to cry over it.
06:51 - Well, Midge, that's the way it goes.
06:54 If the tough luck comes in bunches, so does the good ones.
06:56 Maybe this is where our good luck starts.
06:58 - Lightning, old boy,
06:59 we'll make a race horse out of you yet.
07:01 - If there is a pedigree, it must be here.
07:09 Here it is.
07:20 Lightning Lad by Chain Lightning out of Sandra's.
07:23 - What a pedigree.
07:24 That's either a horse or I'm a part of one.
07:27 - Gee, I knew it.
07:28 I've rode plenty of them,
07:29 and I'll ride again if you race Lightning Lad.
07:32 - Well, that's easier said than done.
07:33 Takes money to race horses.
07:35 Fee, stable quarters, entry fees.
07:38 It broke my dad.
07:39 - What you need is expert advice.
07:42 Now, I've made a life study of race horses.
07:44 You've got a horse and you've got a jockey.
07:47 What more do you need?
07:48 - Nothing, nothing at all.
07:50 Mere trifle, money, and plenty of it.
07:53 - Hello, boys.
07:59 This a private conference, or can I muscle in?
08:02 - Come on in, Mr. Williams.
08:04 - Look here, Shea, don't tell what happened
08:06 the other morning against me, will you?
08:08 I couldn't help hearing what you were just saying.
08:11 I can show you a way out.
08:13 - Go on.
08:14 - Well, it's going to cost you money to race this horse,
08:16 and, well, pardon me, but if you had any money,
08:21 you wouldn't be working your way through college.
08:23 I'll give you $150 for Lightning Lad.
08:26 - Nothing doing.
08:28 - Well, my allowance isn't exactly unlimited,
08:33 but I'll tell you what I'll do.
08:36 I'll make it 300, and that's definitely my limit.
08:39 - I'm glad it's your limit, Winters,
08:41 'cause I'm busy and the horse is not for sale.
08:43 - Well, now, wait a minute.
08:45 That's as high as I can go,
08:46 but my fiance owns a racing station,
08:49 and she might even go up to 500.
08:51 - 500 bucks for a single horse?
08:54 - You could give up your milk route
08:55 and get it some real study for the rest of the year,
08:58 and you're a tutoring midge,
08:59 so part of that money would come in mighty handy
09:01 for tuition when you'd rent it into college.
09:03 How about it?
09:05 - No.
09:06 - Well, let me put in a telephone call now,
09:07 and if she says yes, you can have the 500 tonight.
09:10 What do you say?
09:14 All right, go ahead.
09:15 (phone ringing)
09:23 - Hello, operator.
09:24 Get me the Braddock farm, will you?
09:26 Yes, I wanna talk to Miss Marion Braddock.
09:29 Yeah, that's right.
09:30 Hey! - The deal's off.
09:33 - Oh, what's the matter?
09:34 - So, Miss Marion Braddock is your fiancee.
09:38 - Yeah, that's right.
09:39 - Well, you can tell Miss Braddock for me
09:41 that my horse is not for sale at any price,
09:43 and even if he were for sale,
09:44 I'd put him back in the milk truck
09:46 before I let the Braddock stables have him.
09:48 - Now, what have you got against the Braddock stables?
09:50 - That's my business.
09:51 - Go on, Jim.
09:55 - Yeah, I still don't have any money.
09:57 - No, but I've got an idea how we can get it.
10:00 We'll incorporate.
10:01 - What are you talking about?
10:03 - Why, beware incorporating.
10:04 Capital, one horse, one goat.
10:06 Commerce stock, $10 per share, par value.
10:09 And deferred payments accepted if you wish.
10:12 - I tell you, Jim, we'll clean up.
10:14 - Are you kidding?
10:15 - I was never more serious in my life.
10:17 I made a life study of Wall Street,
10:19 and I tell you I know what I'm talking about.
10:21 We'll only sell 49% of the stock,
10:24 and you'll retain 51%.
10:26 - What do you say, Midge?
10:27 - Why not?
10:27 We've got everything to gain, nothing to lose.
10:29 - All right, Botsy, go ahead.
10:31 Midge, I'll give you 10 shares of the stock
10:32 to make you a partner.
10:33 Botsy, I'll give you--
10:34 - Oh, don't worry about me.
10:36 I've appointed myself Secretary and Treasurer
10:38 so that I can buy all the stock that we can't sell.
10:41 - All right, go ahead.
10:42 - All right, Lightning Land Incorporated.
10:44 (laughing)
10:45 - Good morning, sir.
10:46 - Glad to see you, sir.
10:47 - Hey, what's your brainice here for, Botsy?
10:49 What's this all about?
10:50 - It better be good.
10:51 I've never been up so early before in my life.
10:53 - Listen, Botsy, I don't wanna buy a horse,
10:55 nor any part of a horse.
10:57 - Benny, my boy, gentlemen,
11:00 you'll live to thank me for this moment.
11:02 I've made a lifelong study of thoroughbred horses, and--
11:05 - All right, Benny, we've heard that before.
11:08 - Yeah, you have?
11:10 Very well, gentlemen, I suggest you accompany me
11:13 to the fairground.
11:14 - You better show us something good, Botsy,
11:15 or we'll take your place.
11:16 (all chattering)
11:20 - Deal me out.
11:20 - Come on, you can go to bed later.
11:22 They're going out now to clock the horse.
11:24 They believe in land speed.
11:25 - A sucker'll believe anything you tell him.
11:28 I still believe that you can't judge a horse's speed
11:30 without a stopwatch.
11:32 - Well, I had a speedometer in the car I was doing 40
11:34 when the horse caught me.
11:36 What does that mean?
11:37 - It means you ought to get your speedometer fixed.
11:40 - Come on.
11:41 - I'll have a look at you, Gigi.
11:43 (engine rumbling)
11:47 - Ah, remember what I told you, Midge.
11:55 - Oh.
11:58 - Jog him an eighth, counter him for a half,
12:01 break him at the quarter pole, and let him run wild.
12:04 - You haven't forgotten the old racetrack lingo, Jim.
12:06 It sure sounds great.
12:07 - All right, go ahead.
12:09 - Now, wait a minute, boys.
12:14 You can watch from here.
12:15 Now, you see, this is a very delicate operation.
12:17 I don't want to take any chances on a license lad
12:19 being made nervous.
12:20 You see, I've made a life study of thoroughbred horses, and-
12:23 - Yeah, we know.
12:25 - Get going, Botsy.
12:26 Less conversation and more action.
12:28 Bring on your hay burner.
12:30 - Well, come on, Adolph, don't hold me back.
12:33 (wind whistling)
12:36 - All right, Botsy, we're ready.
12:45 Remember, lad won't run until he hears Adolph bleat.
12:54 - We're ready, aren't we, Adolph?
13:01 (wind whistling)
13:28 - If that's a racehorse, Adolph's a shrinking violet.
13:32 - He's a goat.
13:33 (Adolph bleating)
13:45 - Adolph, there's your pal Wagner, lad.
13:48 Are you gonna let your pal down?
13:50 Bleat, Adolph.
13:51 (Adolph bleating)
13:54 (wind whistling)
13:57 - Hey, let him go!
14:03 - Boy, he can run.
14:05 (men shouting)
14:07 - Come on, bleat.
14:11 Bleat, Adolph.
14:12 (Adolph bleating)
14:14 Come on, Adolph.
14:16 (wind whistling)
14:18 (men shouting)
14:21 - Give him a bleat.
14:26 Give him a bleat.
14:27 Give him a bleat.
14:27 - Bleat, Adolph.
14:28 (Adolph bleating)
14:31 (men shouting)
14:47 (men shouting)
14:50 - What does it say?
15:05 - 144.
15:07 - How do you make it, Jim?
15:09 - 144.
15:12 - 144?
15:13 On a half-mile track?
15:16 Like the lad's a handicap horse, Jim.
15:18 - No, not as long as the entry fee is $1,100, he isn't.
15:22 - I never thought of that.
15:24 - Say, maybe with the help of Adolph,
15:27 he can earn his fee and keep me in college.
15:29 We'll race him on the half-mile tracks.
15:31 - Yeah.
15:32 (men shouting)
15:34 - You're a piker, Les.
15:36 You should have offered him five grand, not 500.
15:40 (men shouting)
15:42 - Maybe.
15:43 - Gentlemen.
15:45 Let me do this.
15:45 (men shouting)
15:48 You have before you the opportunity of a lifetime.
15:52 A chance to become part owner
15:54 in one of the most remarkable horses
15:56 that ever ran out in American territory.
15:58 At $10 a share.
16:00 - All right, boys.
16:01 - I'll take 10 shares.
16:02 - I'll take two.
16:03 - Hey, my allowance isn't due for three weeks,
16:04 but if you will--
16:05 - I'll take one, boss, if I can pay by installments.
16:08 - Right on the dotted line, boys.
16:09 Here, here.
16:10 Here, give me that.
16:11 (upbeat music)
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16:19 (upbeat music)
16:21 (upbeat music)
16:24 (upbeat music)
16:26 - Aunt Agatha.
16:53 - In here, dear.
16:54 - Look at that.
17:01 - Nice looking boy.
17:11 His father was a handsome man, too.
17:14 - I'm not interested in the boy or the father.
17:16 It's the horse I'm thinking about.
17:18 We've spent too much time and money
17:20 in developing Comrade for the handicapped.
17:22 I'd like to have a rank outside of coming in and win it.
17:24 - You might do it, too.
17:26 Lightning Lad has some noble ancestors.
17:28 - I won't have it.
17:29 - Well, my dear, at your age,
17:32 you should be in a girls' finishing school.
17:34 But if you insist on running a racing stable,
17:39 I shan't interfere.
17:41 That'll finish you as quick as anything.
17:44 - Mr. Winters, Miss Bratta.
17:46 - Hello there, I came as soon as I got your message.
17:48 Good morning, Aunt Agatha.
17:49 - Good morning.
17:50 A college mate of yours.
17:52 You might have foreseen this and bought the horse.
17:55 - Now hold on, Marion.
17:56 I told you the horse is not for sale, especially to you.
17:59 She doesn't like you.
18:00 - Doesn't like me?
18:02 Don't be absurd.
18:03 He doesn't even know me.
18:04 - Oh, yes, he does, my dear.
18:06 You probably don't remember it,
18:08 but when you were a child,
18:10 his father owned the place
18:11 that adjoined this property on the south.
18:14 This young boy used to hang around
18:15 looking over the wall at you,
18:16 making sheep's eyes at you.
18:18 - I wasn't interested and I'm not interested now,
18:21 except in seeing that his horse doesn't end up a handicap.
18:23 - Oh, don't worry.
18:25 The poor fish couldn't raise
18:26 the $1,100 entry fee in 10 years.
18:29 - Well, I can't risk somebody backing him.
18:31 It isn't fair for a poverty-stricken milkman
18:33 to compete against us.
18:34 How can a one-horse outfit hope to win?
18:37 - 'Cause it only takes one horse to win a race.
18:40 - Well, hereafter, the races Lightning wins
18:42 will be won under my colors.
18:44 I'm gonna give you a check to buy Lightning.
18:46 - But I told you the horse is not for sale.
18:48 - Nonsense.
18:49 Any horse is for sale if enough money's offered.
18:51 There's quite a difference between 500 and $5,000.
18:54 - 5,000?
18:56 - Yes.
18:57 Spend any part of it or all of it.
18:59 But don't come back with any more alibis.
19:01 - Call this meeting tonight
19:07 to see what we're gonna do about Lightning Ladd, Inc.
19:09 You probably know we've got a little money.
19:11 Now, the question before the house is simply this.
19:13 Do we cut the melon now,
19:15 or do we save what we have and try to add to it
19:17 and enter Lightning in the handicap?
19:19 - Boys, it's been my lifelong experience
19:22 that a bird in a hen is not always better
19:25 than a good horse entered in the handicap.
19:27 What do you say, boys?
19:29 - Handicap!
19:30 Handicap!
19:32 (chanting)
19:34 - Well, wait a minute, boys.
19:38 I want you to listen to our new alma mater.
19:40 Our new alma mater, boys.
19:45 ♪ Oh, Lightning Ladd ♪
19:50 ♪ Lightning Ladd ♪
19:53 ♪ You're the best pal we've ever had ♪
19:58 ♪ You'll make a name ♪
20:02 ♪ And win your fame ♪
20:07 ♪ Lightning Ladd ♪
20:14 - Oh, boys.
20:16 ♪ Oh, Lightning Ladd ♪
20:21 ♪ Lightning Ladd ♪
20:24 ♪ You're the best pal we've ever had ♪
20:29 ♪ You'll make a name ♪
20:33 ♪ And win your fame ♪
20:38 ♪ Lightning Ladd ♪
20:41 ♪ Lightning Ladd ♪
20:43 - First race of Bowie.
20:48 This is the time they're supposed to--
20:51 - 900, eh?
20:52 And if they raise just 200 more,
20:54 Lightning Ladd will be entered.
20:56 - Can't you get him down here to lay a bet?
20:58 - Not a chance.
20:59 She made the boys promise not to play the races.
21:02 Made it a condition of owning stock in his hay burner.
21:05 - Drop the bowie.
21:07 Pass the quarter.
21:08 - Then let's try this one.
21:10 - Miss Twinkle and that.
21:12 - You think it'll work?
21:13 With a sap like botsy?
21:14 - Go ahead, just toss me a note.
21:16 - Easy.
21:17 - Pass the hat.
21:18 - We'll let him win his first couple of bets
21:19 and then take him for his road.
21:21 - Miss Twinkle ahead.
21:22 Miss Twinkle and those.
21:24 - Starcher, Patter, here he comes.
21:34 - Just an illustration of the well-known scientific fact
21:37 that the hand is quicker than the eye.
21:40 Now, my friend, where is the little P?
21:43 - This one for a 10 spot.
21:47 - The hand is quicker than the eye.
21:50 Try again.
21:51 Better luck next time.
21:53 Now, where is the little P?
21:56 There.
21:57 - No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no.
21:59 Just a minute.
22:00 I've made a life study of this game
22:01 and I know that the little P is right under there.
22:05 - Are you sure, my friend?
22:06 - Sure, I'm sure.
22:07 - For how much?
22:08 - For $100.
22:10 - You're on.
22:15 Sorry, my friend.
22:20 The hand is quicker than the eye.
22:21 (laughing)
22:24 I must be getting rusty.
22:27 I suppose you'll give me a chance to get it back.
22:30 - Sure I will.
22:31 For another 100.
22:32 - Hold on, Busty.
22:33 You can't risk our money.
22:35 It's right under there.
22:37 - Well, I'll be a double at this time.
22:41 That kind of luck can't last.
22:42 You can't do it again.
22:44 - Sure he can.
22:45 - Oh, no, he can't.
22:46 As Mr. Rosie says, that kind of luck can't last.
22:49 You've got the 200 we needed.
22:52 We'll put it in a safe place.
22:53 - Wait a minute.
22:54 But Jim, look here.
22:55 - You can't do that.
22:56 That's highway robbery.
22:57 - Oh, yeah?
22:58 That's just what I thought.
23:00 - Say, Jim, you don't think those two guys
23:02 come in here and play me for a sucker, do you?
23:04 - Well, what do you think?
23:06 - Now they're sure to enter that horse.
23:08 - Oh, no, they won't.
23:09 Come across to those two C's.
23:12 And put the rest of your roll on Comrade
23:13 to win the handicap.
23:14 I'll see that lightning lad doesn't run.
23:18 - You failed to buy the horse.
23:27 And now you can't give me a satisfactory answer
23:29 as to what you've done with the money.
23:31 - Well, if you'd just have a little faith in me, Marion.
23:33 - Faith?
23:34 I never had any faith in you.
23:36 I had a little hope and a great deal of charity.
23:39 Now that's all over with.
23:40 - Oh, honey, please.
23:42 - The only reason that I'm going to this college dance
23:44 with you is that I want to meet this shea person.
23:46 Well, let's get started.
23:49 (upbeat music)
23:57 (upbeat music)
23:59 (upbeat music)
24:02 (upbeat music)
24:05 (upbeat music)
24:34 - You see, Miss, as I said before,
24:36 I've made a life study of the catering business,
24:38 especially the preparation of palatable punches.
24:41 - Give.
24:43 - Pooey.
24:53 - Pooey, pooey too.
25:02 - I'm proud of you owning that wonderful horse
25:04 and winning all those races.
25:06 I expect you make a fortune betting on him.
25:08 - Oh, not me.
25:10 I race him, but I don't bet him.
25:12 - Boy, swing it, Chuckie.
25:15 - Hey, that's what I like.
25:17 - Oh, if they'd only play a good old swing number,
25:19 I'd show you a step or two.
25:21 You know, I've made a lifelong study of the art of dancing.
25:24 Old stuff, that's old stuff.
25:29 They'd play me an old swing number.
25:32 Oh, I could have figured it.
25:33 (humming)
25:35 - Well, anyway, don't bet yourself.
25:43 I think you ought to give me a tip on the handicapped.
25:46 Your horse is better than his comrade.
25:48 I think you ought to tell me.
25:49 - Well, I would if I could.
25:52 - Why can't you?
25:53 - I don't know.
25:54 - All right, when Marian Braddock gets here, I'll ask her.
25:58 I'll bet she knows.
25:59 - Marian Braddock?
26:01 Is she coming here?
26:02 - Sure, didn't you know?
26:03 Les Winters is bringing her.
26:05 - Oh.
26:05 Let's have a glass of punch.
26:10 I'm leaving, Midge.
26:17 I just found out that Marian Braddock is coming.
26:19 - But whatever, why should she run you out?
26:21 - I just don't care to meet her, that's all.
26:23 Sorry to run out on you like this,
26:25 but you understand, don't you?
26:27 - Certainly can.
26:28 Good night. - Good night.
26:30 - I should swing music, bossy.
26:36 Now, a swing will do you stuff.
26:39 - Would you like to swing, Mr. Bosworth?
26:40 - Swing?
26:42 Oh, yes, swing.
26:43 No, thank you.
26:44 My feet hurt tonight.
26:45 I don't think I'll do anything.
26:47 - And you made a lifelong stay on the-
26:50 - Hey!
26:51 (upbeat music)
26:53 (upbeat music)
26:56 - Do you see Jim Shade?
27:23 - We'll find him.
27:24 Where's Jim Shade, kid?
27:36 Isn't he here?
27:37 - He was here, but he left.
27:47 - He left?
27:49 So early?
27:51 - Yes, Miss...
27:53 Braddock?
27:54 - Oh, he heard Miss Braddock was coming.
27:57 - Yes, and so he went.
27:59 - Come on, Les, we'll dance.
28:04 - All right.
28:05 (upbeat music)
28:08 - Well, what are you going to do now?
28:30 - You're going to introduce me to the stockholders
28:32 of Lightning Ladd, Incorporated.
28:34 Every one of them.
28:35 - Hello, all right.
28:41 Oh, Doug.
28:42 - Vinnie.
28:45 - It's wonderful to know you, Mr. Vincent.
28:47 I've always wanted to know a football hero,
28:50 but I never hoped to really know you.
28:52 - Why, why, Miss Braddock?
28:54 - Don't call me Miss Braddock.
28:56 Call me Marion, Doug.
28:58 - It's wonderful to have you feel that way about me.
29:01 - And now about that stock?
29:04 - I'll get it.
29:04 - Honest, Charlie, every time there's a track meet,
29:08 I can hardly wait till the patrons come
29:10 to tell me what you've been doing.
29:12 And you've always been doing well.
29:14 - Well, I'm not doing so bad now.
29:16 - And tell me, about those stocks?
29:20 - They're yours for the asking.
29:23 - And now about that stock?
29:26 - I only got one share.
29:27 - And that ain't painful.
29:30 - Oh, this is Mr. Botsworth, our secretary, Miss Braddock.
29:33 He's got a lot of shares.
29:34 - Oh, of course.
29:35 I've heard all about you.
29:37 You're the man that's made a lifetime study
29:39 of thoroughbred horses.
29:40 - Yeah, that's me.
29:41 - You know, I've never been satisfied
29:43 with the manager of my stables.
29:45 I think you're just the man I need, Mr. Botsworth.
29:48 - I'll get that share right now, Miss Braddock.
29:50 - Well, now about that manager.
29:51 What do you want, miss?
29:53 - Oh, you, Midge, Mr. Shea's jockey.
29:56 I know all about you.
29:57 I've always wished you were riding under my colors.
30:00 - Gee, that would be great, Miss Braddock,
30:02 but I'm sort of tied up with Jim now.
30:06 - Of course you are, and I admire your loyalty.
30:10 But it's because I'm trying to help Mr. Shea
30:12 that I want to get a half interest in his horse.
30:15 I understand you have 10 shares of stock.
30:17 I'll pay three times what you paid for them
30:21 and give you a contract to carry my colors.
30:23 I've been watching you, Midge.
30:26 I saw you ride at Bay Meadows.
30:28 - It's all right, Midge.
30:29 Jim will be glad of it after he's talked with Miss Braddock.
30:32 (dramatic music)
30:35 - I can't do it, Miss Braddock.
30:42 - Nevermind, Mr. Bodsworth.
30:50 I'll get Midge's stock when I buy Mr. Shea's.
30:53 - Oh, you think Jim Shea will sell his stock to you?
30:56 - Hm.
30:56 What do you think?
30:58 (dramatic music)
31:01 - Oh, boy.
31:24 Oh, boy. - Get out of there.
31:26 Stay away from that horse.
31:29 - We don't want any hobos around here.
31:30 - I'm not a hobo.
31:32 I know all about horses.
31:34 Thought maybe I could get a job and a square meal.
31:37 - This is a racing stable, not a charitable institution.
31:41 Besides, we're not hiring any panhandlers,
31:43 nor handing out any wealth, so move along.
31:45 - Hey, wait a minute, Bodsy.
31:46 What's the trouble?
31:48 - Well, with the handicapped so new,
31:51 we can't have stray hanging around Lightning Land.
31:54 - But I am hungry, Mr. Shea.
31:57 You are Mr. Shea, aren't you?
31:58 - Yes, I'm Shea.
32:00 What do you want?
32:02 - She was trying to talk me out of a meal.
32:04 You better let me run her off of here.
32:05 - Uh-uh, I'll handle this.
32:07 - All right.
32:08 What's your name?
32:11 - Why, uh, Jim Smith.
32:14 He was right about that meal, though.
32:15 I am hungry.
32:17 - All right, you can have your meal.
32:19 Can you peel potatoes?
32:21 Can you peel potatoes?
32:22 - Gee, I like this.
32:33 May I have a job as well as a meal, Mr. Shea?
32:35 - Sure, there it is.
32:37 You'll find water in the bucket,
32:38 and a knife somewhere around here.
32:41 Peel 'em.
32:42 - You mean to say you want me to peel potatoes?
32:45 - You said you wanted to eat, didn't you?
32:48 - Yes, but...
32:49 - All right.
32:51 Peel 'em.
32:52 - I said I understood horses, not spuds.
33:09 - Hey, looks like it worked.
33:11 - My schemes always work.
33:12 Jim thinks he's rescuing
33:14 a poor, downtrodden creature from starvation.
33:17 And what a creature.
33:18 Come on.
33:19 (footsteps)
33:21 - Whoa, whoa, what the, who's this?
33:31 - Boys, meet the new cook, Jane Smith.
33:34 Jane Butsy, Mitch.
33:36 - Pleased to meet you.
33:37 - I've already met Miss Smith,
33:38 but I didn't know anything about her being a cook.
33:41 - Jane is going to get our dinner.
33:44 - Better let me help her, Jim.
33:45 - No, no, no, no, no, no.
33:47 She doesn't need any help.
33:49 And I want you to exercise lightning.
33:50 - Don't forget to put salt in the water.
33:52 - Hello?
34:03 Hello, Jake.
34:04 On tomorrow's card,
34:06 I want 300 on gold toes
34:10 in the second place.
34:11 Yeah.
34:12 And in the fifth,
34:15 500 on sailor boy on the nose.
34:19 Got it?
34:19 All right.
34:21 - Hey, Aunt Agatha.
34:23 - Well, Marion has a habit of going places
34:25 without consulting other people.
34:27 And if you expect to marry her,
34:28 you'll have to get used to it.
34:30 But she's all right.
34:32 Read that.
34:32 - Dear Aunt Agatha, everything's all right.
34:34 Don't worry and don't put too much money
34:35 on Comrade for the Handicapped.
34:37 Lightning Lad is going to run.
34:39 Love, Marion.
34:39 - Yes, so you sit tight and twiddle your thumbs
34:41 until she comes back.
34:42 - No, no, I won't.
34:44 I have a good idea where she is.
34:45 - Well, why bother me?
34:46 (footsteps thudding)
34:49 - What did I tell you?
34:59 She's moved in there.
35:00 - So what?
35:01 - Remember, she told her aunt
35:02 that Lightning was going to run.
35:05 - That's what she thinks.
35:07 (rain pattering)
35:10 ♪ Oh, I took my gal to the races ♪
35:24 ♪ The galloping ponies to see ♪
35:27 ♪ But she fell for the booklet and lost her marrow ♪
35:30 ♪ And now she cares nothing for me ♪
35:35 ♪ And the ponies, they gallop and gallop and gallop ♪
35:39 ♪ And all of them chuckle with glee ♪
35:42 ♪ For my money is gone and my girl has run off ♪
35:46 ♪ With a bookie that took it from me ♪
35:51 ♪ Oh, they gallop and gallop and gallop and gallop ♪
35:55 ♪ And never again will I see ♪
35:59 ♪ The girl that I love and the role that I lost ♪
36:04 ♪ And the bookie that took it from me ♪
36:09 (men shouting)
36:11 (motorcycle engine roaring)
36:33 ♪ Rain ♪
36:35 ♪ Now as I lie on my pillow ♪
36:38 ♪ And seek to forget it in sleep ♪
36:41 ♪ There's a thunder of hoops ♪
36:43 ♪ Coming over the roofs ♪
36:46 ♪ Disturbing the vigil I keep ♪
36:51 ♪ And the ponies, they gallop and gallop and gallop ♪
36:55 ♪ And all of them chuckle with glee ♪
36:59 ♪ For my money is gone and my girl has run off ♪
37:03 ♪ With a bookie that took it from me ♪
37:08 ♪ Oh, they gallop and gallop and gallop and gallop ♪
37:13 ♪ And never again will I see ♪
37:16 ♪ The girl that I love and the role that I lost ♪
37:20 ♪ And the bookie that took it from me ♪
37:31 (motorcycle engine roaring)
37:34 - Can we be of any help, old man?
37:35 - Sure!
37:36 You're not going anywhere.
37:39 - Introduce me to your friends, Miss Braddock.
37:48 - You, you knew me all the time?
37:51 - Of course I knew you.
37:52 - Oh, but Jim, you don't understand.
37:55 - I understand plenty.
37:56 - End the argument.
37:57 Climb out.
37:58 - You win, Miss Braddock.
38:00 (dramatic music)
38:02 - Jim, watch out!
38:07 Jim!
38:10 - Oh!
38:12 - Miss, get that horse to the track!
38:20 - You can't leave him here!
38:23 - Of course there's orders, hang on tight.
38:25 (motorcycle engine roaring)
38:29 (dramatic music)
38:32 - Hey, Charles, we gotta get that horse!
38:54 - Come on, get in.
38:58 (door clattering)
39:01 - Jim!
39:27 Jim!
39:29 Jim!
39:30 - Well, I guess I won, I'm the only one left.
39:32 - Oh.
39:34 (motorcycle engine roaring)
39:40 - Take that road!
39:41 (motorcycle engine roaring)
39:46 - Hello, bossy, what are you doing here?
39:56 I thought you were at the track.
39:57 - Where's Shea?
39:58 Where's Lightning?
39:59 - We were stuck up, they stole him!
40:01 - What?
40:02 - Come on, give me a lift, maybe we can scratch him!
40:04 - Come on, come on!
40:05 (motorcycle engine roaring)
40:09 - Hey, wait, come back here!
40:24 (motorcycle engine roaring)
40:27 - They're not ahead.
40:33 They must have taken that turn.
40:35 - Yeah, I don't feel.
40:36 (motorcycle engine roaring)
40:52 - This is the back end of my place.
40:54 Get out quick, I have a plan.
40:56 - Hey, Jim!
41:01 Jim!
41:02 - Well, hello, Betty.
41:03 (motorcycle engine roaring)
41:07 - Grab that kid!
41:10 Come on, miss, back inside for you, miss.
41:16 - I guess not, get out of my way!
41:18 - Come on, lively.
41:20 I got no time to waste on you.
41:22 (motorcycle engine roaring)
41:25 - Get in there.
41:31 - What are you trying to do?
41:35 - Keep you from throwing a race against your own stable.
41:38 (knocking)
41:39 - Let me out of here!
41:40 Let me out of here!
41:41 Let me out of here!
41:44 Let me out!
41:44 Let me out of here!
41:47 (knocking)
41:49 (bleating)
41:52 (bleating)
41:54 (knocking)
41:56 - You big, damn, damn it, I'll beat the daylight out of him!
42:00 - I'll throw him out when you turn the nightglow.
42:02 So I have to get to the track
42:03 and get the rest of our money down on Comrade.
42:05 (motorcycle engine roaring)
42:21 (whistle blowing)
42:24 - You got him?
42:44 - Shove out of here!
42:46 (motorcycle engine roaring)
42:50 - Step on it, Towser.
42:54 (crowd shouting)
43:00 (crowd shouting)
43:03 - Miss Braddock!
43:20 Miss Braddock, I can't open it!
43:22 Miss Braddock, where are you?
43:23 - Midge!
43:25 I'm locked in the harness room.
43:27 Run to the main road.
43:28 If you don't meet anyone,
43:29 keep going until you get to my place.
43:31 And bring a trailer.
43:33 - All right, I'll be back in no time without.
43:35 - Hurry up!
43:36 (motorcycle engine roaring)
43:42 - There's light in there!
43:49 (crowd shouting)
43:51 - Get away from those kids!
43:53 Take this right turn!
43:55 (crowd shouting)
43:58 (motorcycle engine roaring)
44:02 - Come on!
44:07 Come on, don't get out!
44:10 (crowd shouting)
44:13 - Jim!
44:16 Jim!
44:17 - Smith!
44:18 Where's Lightning?
44:19 - Up that road in the barn.
44:21 - Miss Braddock, save him!
44:26 (motorcycle engine roaring)
44:29 - Come on!
44:41 (crowd shouting)
44:43 - We'll cut the trailer loose.
44:50 They'll never get the horse to the track in time now.
44:53 (motorcycle engine roaring)
44:56 (motorcycle engine roaring)
45:10 - Come on, come on!
45:16 Get to the track!
45:17 - No, let them crooks go!
45:20 We better get Lightning to the track!
45:22 (motorcycle engine roaring)
45:26 - Gentlemen, listen!
45:31 We've only got 45 minutes to post time.
45:33 We've got to get Lightning to the track.
45:35 Now that old car won't pull it, but we can!
45:38 Come on, get that rope on there!
45:40 - Mitch?
45:47 Mitch!
45:49 Mitch, is that you?
45:51 (door thudding)
45:54 - What are you doing here?
45:55 - Well, Jimmy, I came here soon as I might.
45:57 - You've stolen Lightning.
45:58 Why aren't you at the track?
45:59 - Jimmy, please!
46:01 I didn't steal Lightning.
46:02 I won't steal him.
46:03 He's here because I switched horses.
46:06 - Lad!
46:06 - Get in line.
46:09 Come on, we haven't got time to sit.
46:10 All ready, boys?
46:12 (men singing)
46:20 - I don't think Comrade's the fastest horse,
46:22 but I don't want him to win the handicap if he isn't.
46:24 - Comrade will win all right.
46:25 There's no chance of getting Lightning
46:28 to the track in time now.
46:29 - There is, Jimmy, if Mitch brings a trailer.
46:31 - Fetch Lightning, will you, Marion?
46:40 - Come on, Lightning!
46:44 - Good boy, Mitch!
46:47 Get Lightning, we still have a chance.
46:50 - Hey, what happened to Adolph?
46:51 - I don't know.
46:52 Let's take one thing at a time.
46:53 Come on, Lightning.
47:01 (crowd chattering)
47:04 (crowd chattering)
47:06 (crowd chattering)
47:09 - Wyatt Agatha, do you mean to say
47:35 you're not banking Comrade?
47:37 Where's your loyalty to the stables?
47:39 - Still running second to my common sense.
47:41 With Lightning Lad in the race,
47:43 I'm not taking any chances.
47:45 - Oh, well, if that's all that's stopping you,
47:46 you'd better get your money up on Comrade.
47:49 I just learned from a reliable source
47:50 that Lightning Lad is going to be scratched.
47:53 - You don't say.
47:55 I'll bet you know more than you pretend.
48:00 Hey, Les?
48:01 (rain pattering)
48:04 (car screeching)
48:14 (coughing)
48:16 (door opening)
48:22 (rain pattering)
48:24 (footsteps)
48:27 - Where have you been?
48:34 Is everything all right?
48:35 - Sure, didn't I tell you it would be?
48:37 - What are you doing with that goat?
48:43 - I had a little difference of opinion with your friends.
48:46 The goat came along of his own accord.
48:48 - Well, we've got to get rid of it.
48:49 He's a dead giveaway.
48:51 Come on, let's put him in an empty box stall.
48:54 (door opening)
48:55 Come on, goat, come on.
48:57 (phone ringing)
49:04 - Everything's all right, Eddie?
49:07 - Don't worry, Miss Braddock.
49:08 I'll bring him home on top.
49:10 - That's where I want him.
49:11 - I don't have to tell you what to do, Midge.
49:17 You know what this means to me.
49:19 - I'll do my best to bring him in, Jimmy,
49:21 but without Adolph.
49:24 - Well, we'll have to risk that.
49:26 - Good luck, Jim.
49:28 - Good luck to you.
49:36 - Our box is 18F.
49:38 I'll be expecting you.
49:39 - I'll be there as soon as they go to post.
49:42 (indistinct chatter)
49:45 - Why don't you take a look?
49:58 - Lightning, lad.
50:05 - Well, what happened?
50:06 - Well, I don't know.
50:08 But I do know I'm gonna cover my bets.
50:09 (men shouting)
50:12 (men singing)
50:15 - Hold on.
50:17 Hey, you boys wait right here.
50:21 We may not be out in the woods yet.
50:22 I'm gonna take Lightning and let him down to Jimmy.
50:24 Here, hold my coat and stay here.
50:26 Come on, boys, let's get him out of here.
50:27 (men shouting)
50:30 - Well, Midge, it's up to you from now on.
50:53 - Jim, Jim, don't worry, I got it.
50:56 I got it, Jim.
50:57 - What have you got?
50:58 - I've got Lightning, lad.
50:59 - But here's Lightning.
51:00 - Huh?
51:01 Well, then what have I got?
51:04 (men laughing)
51:15 - Listen, Buffy, if you wanna do something, find Adolph.
51:20 He's missing.
51:21 - Adolph missing?
51:23 Well, don't worry.
51:24 I've made a life study of trailing goats.
51:26 I'll find him.
51:27 Come on, Adolph.
51:34 You're my pal, Adolph.
51:35 Come on, Adolph.
51:37 Adolph, come on, lad.
51:38 You're my pal, Adolph.
51:39 Adolph, Adolph, Adolph.
51:42 - Listen, fellas, Lightning, that's safe.
51:44 But Adolph is missing.
51:46 - Adolph!
51:47 - Yeah, and you know that horse won't run without that goat.
51:49 So we gotta find Adolph.
51:51 Everybody separate, find Adolph!
51:52 - Adolph!
51:53 - Adolph!
51:54 - Adolph!
51:55 - Adolph!
51:56 - Adolph!
51:57 - Adolph!
51:57 - Adolph!
51:58 - Here, Adolph!
51:59 - Adolph!
52:00 - Here, Adolph!
52:01 - Here, Adolph, come on.
52:02 - Adolph!
52:02 - Come on, Adolph!
52:03 - Adolph!
52:04 - Adolph!
52:06 Here, Adolph!
52:07 (whistles)
52:09 Adolph!
52:10 Adolph!
52:21 (sobs)
52:23 (upbeat music)
52:32 - The feature event of this afternoon's program
52:37 is a mile and a furlong race for three-year-olds and up.
52:41 They're now coming to the post.
52:43 You'll follow your program closely on...
52:45 - Say, have you seen a goat around here anywhere?
52:47 - Yeah, I just bet on one in the last race.
52:49 - You just bet...
52:50 - Don't get funny.
52:51 - What do you mean?
52:52 - Jockey J. Adams up.
52:54 Number two, high boy,
52:57 Jockey T. Brannan.
52:59 Number three, Shulamite,
53:02 ridden by S. Davidson.
53:04 Number four, Lightning Lad.
53:08 The rider is T. Carnally.
53:09 Number five, as you were,
53:13 Jockey S. Goldstein.
53:15 Number six, daddy's boy,
53:19 Jockey M. Sikowin.
53:21 Number seven, Ace Fuse,
53:24 ridden by S. Dickerson.
53:25 - Here I am, I'm proud of you.
53:28 I've always known you were a good horseman,
53:30 but now you've proved yourself something even better,
53:34 a good scout.
53:35 Oh, Jockey.
53:37 Jim, this is my aunt, Miss Brannan.
53:39 You remember Jim Cheyenne?
53:40 - How do you do? - How do you do?
53:43 - Sit down, young man.
53:44 - Thank you, I will.
53:46 - Something tells me that no matter which horse
53:48 wins this race, we're gonna see a lot of you.
53:51 And let's get better acquainted.
53:53 - That will be a pleasure, Miss Braddock.
53:55 - The horses are now coming up to the gate.
54:09 Comrade seems to be hard to handle.
54:11 They got him back in the gate and...
54:14 (footsteps)
54:16 - Jockey!
54:38 - Keep going.
54:39 Number 12, hang around the other end,
54:41 lead him through there.
54:42 Get that number 10 out.
54:44 (bell rings)
54:52 - There they go!
54:52 (crowd cheers)
54:54 Comrade's going to the front,
54:55 as you wear a second by your neck.
54:57 High boy is third in length,
54:58 ace deuce is fourth in length and a half.
55:01 The rest are all bunched together.
55:03 And our passenger...
55:04 (horse neighs)
55:06 The first time with Comrade in the lead.
55:08 As you wear a second in length,
55:09 high boy is third in nose.
55:11 Ace deuce is fourth.
55:12 (crowd cheers)
55:13 Lightning lad is a four last.
55:15 (crowd cheers)
55:18 (horse neighs)
55:29 - Whoa!
55:40 (crowd cheers)
55:43 - They're rounding the first turn
55:44 with Comrade first by two lengths.
55:46 As you wear a second in length,
55:47 high boy is third in a half length
55:49 and ace deuce fourth.
55:50 (horse neighs)
55:53 - Three days left.
55:54 (horse neighs)
55:55 - Lightning lad is starting to run.
55:57 He's coming up fast in the outside.
56:00 He's passing Iron Rail.
56:01 He's coming fast.
56:02 Lightning lad's passing Pink Boy,
56:04 Ry-Ry, Iron Rail.
56:07 He's coming strong on the inside.
56:08 He's now in third position.
56:09 They're coming down the back stretch
56:11 with Comrade in the lead by two lengths.
56:13 High boy second in length.
56:14 Lightning lad third in nose.
56:16 As you wear fourth in length.
56:17 Lightning lad's still coming fast.
56:20 (crowd cheers)
56:23 He's now passing High Boy
56:36 and running neck and neck with Comrade.
56:38 They're rounding the last turn.
56:40 It's Comrade and Lightning lad.
56:42 It's Lightning lad.
56:43 As you wear third in length,
56:44 High Boy fourth.
56:45 (crowd cheers)
56:48 They're coming to the horse stretch.
56:52 It's Lightning lad and Comrade neck and neck.
56:54 This is going to be one of those
56:55 old fashioned finishes, folks.
56:57 They're coming together with Lightning lad
56:58 and coming to the horse stretch.
57:00 There's still Lightning lad in front of them.
57:02 Lightning lad goes to the front by half a length.
57:04 It's Lightning lad by a length.
57:07 (crowd cheers)
57:09 As you wear third in High Boy fourth.
57:19 - $20 gold piece.
57:28 - Uh-uh, uh-uh.
57:30 No, that's one thing you'll never get.
57:33 - Go.
57:34 (crowd chatters)
57:36 - What are they looking for?
57:40 - Oh, let's forget about it.
57:49 - Well, he didn't find it.
58:02 (dramatic music)
58:05 (dramatic music)
58:07 (dramatic music)
58:10 (dramatic music)
58:13 [Music]