Auntie at the Boat Race (1910)
Everything is the coming boat race at New London between Yale and Harvard Universities. Everywhere everybody is alive with it, two to one on Harvard; ten to five on Yale. The interest and excitement is growing keener as the day approaches. Nash, the villain, has risked his all and borrows more to put up on Yale. The strength and pride of the Harvard crew is Courtney. Everything depends upon him, and without him Yale would win without a shadow of doubt. Nash knows this and is puzzling his brain and exercising his devilish ingenuity to get him out of the way. To accomplish this he arranges with some of his pals to carry out a plot to get Courtney out of the way. Here is where Courtney and his chum, Ben, arrange a little scheme of their own to get Courtney's sweetheart, Mabel, to the race. She had intended to go, but her chaperone, Mrs. Smith, cannot go with her, and Mabel's uncle refuses to let her attend the regatta without one. Ken agrees to masquerade as a woman and go to the race as Mabel's chaperone. The project works to a turn, and Mabel's uncle falls with a crash to the charms of the gay deceiver, to whom he dances attendance all the way to New London, where they all make themselves comfortable at the hotel. Here is where the woman comes into the case. Mabel's room at the hotel happens to be next to the one occupied by Nash, and in which he and his fellow conspirators arrange to get Courtney out of the way. Mabel overhears the plot, gets the evidence and rushes off to tell Ben, and, if possible, prevent it. Ben reads the conspiring letter found by Mabel and hears her story, makes a dash for the street, followed by the enamored uncle and Mabel. They all jump into an auto, the chauffeur pulls the lever, and off they go to the rescue. Courtney has been drawn into the villainous plot and is held prisoner in a wood on the outskirts of the town, particulars of which were told in the letter which Mabel found in Nash's room. While all this is going on the Harvard boys are getting anxious and worried about their stroke. Courtney, "Why doesn't he come? Has he thrown us down?" "Here he comes now! Rah! Rah!! Rah!!! Harvard! Harvard!! Harvard!!!" and the three times three. Courtney springs from the car, gets into his racing togs, takes his place in the shell just in time to get it in line for the start. Bang! They make an even "get away." and are pulling an even stroke, reach the railroad bridge and skim the water of the old Thames like flashes of sunbeams: first Yale and then Harvard begins to pull away, until she crosses the line a winner by at least ten lengths. Back to the boathouse again. The Harvard men step from their shell. They are met by their friends, among whom is Mabel, who rushes in Courtney and throws herself in his arms. Ben, in his excitement, waves his hat in one hand and takes off his blonde wig with the other. Mabel's old uncle looks on in astonishment and chagrin. Harvard and Courtney win. Nash, Yale and the uncle lose.
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