The Handicap (1912)
Grace Gordon, with her brother Harry and her mother, are hardly able to make both ends meet and have fallen behind in their rent. Don Ferara, the landlord, is an insistent creditor, however, and finally calls at the house to collect. He finds the girl and her mother alone and taking advantage of this insults Grace. Harry enters at the critical moment and orders him from the house. Grace has a horse named Rio. While reading the paper Harry notes that a handicap for six-year-old horses is to be run at the Juarez race track and he and Grace decide to enter Rio, hoping that he will win the $1,000 prize offered. Ferara learns of this and plans to dope the horse. The day of the race comes along. Ferara's confederate places dope in the drinking bucket at Rio's stall, but Harry, who is to ride the horse, drinks it instead of the horse and is overcome by its effects. The confederate hastens to Ferara to report his success and to collect the money which the former has promised him for his nefarious deed. Ferara refuses to pay the price agreed upon. The enraged dupe then hunts up Grace and tells her the whole story. Grace hastens to the stables, finds her brother hardly able to stand up. She dons the jockey's uniform, mounts Rio and wins the race.
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GenresDrama
Short
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| Filmmakers | Role |
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| Siegmund Lubin | Producer |
| Cast | Role |
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| Burton L. King |
