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Francesco, you're a good girl. And you're getting stronger all the time.

Remember I told you, it's always darkest before the dawn.

Now you rest while I'm making my round.

Oh, and don't worry.

I'll be back.

Hey, famous lady.

Huh? How you doing, huh?

Good. Yeah, we're just going to go for a little ride, okay?

Good, baby. Yeah.

Come on.

Okay, now, easy there, rich girl. Huh? You remember me, right? We're friends,

huh? Okay, come on.

Let's go. Come on. Come on. Go ahead, babe.

How is he?

Well, he's still alive.

You know who that is?

I heard.

I thought he retired when I received my first communion.

No, he isn't that old.

He's much older.

So what else we have here besides reflections on life?

Not much.

Oh, according to the date, Sergeant, nothing's missing.

Uh, no horses?

Nothing from the tack room.

Hey, Lieutenant, I thought that Fogarty retired right after the Civil War.

No, the department let him stay on as a groom.

They figure what kind of trouble can you get in in a police horse barn?

I guess they were wrong.

I come here for an investigation.

Instead, I get a comedy routine by the three Marx brothers.

Well, maybe he found a couple of junkies shooting up.

Police horses wear rubber cleats.

It's aluminum, like the racehorse uses.

What's a racehorse doing slumming in here?

I'd better take it to forensic.

No.

See what buses go by here, you interview the drivers, look for tracks, some

horse vans as well, and like that.

I'll take care of the horseshoes. They said that none of the horses are

I'll be at the hospital.

Please, miss, can't you make an exception just this once and tell us how

I've told you that information is available only to the immediate family

police department.

We're immediate.

You're not blood relations.

What are you, a vampire?

Oh, forgive him, miss. What are you trying to do? Get us thrown out of here.

Okay, okay. I'm worried about the horse, too. And all that money we just lost.

Oh, come on. Don't worry, Arnie. Remember all those movies when my friend

or Trigger gets on? Well, they're always returned.

Aren't they, Millie?

Yeah, sure.

Glad to see you. Sure you are.

Ask Millie. I was just saying I wish Kojak was here.

Hello, Millie. Stacy.

Well, here we are all together again, right?

What starts off as a happy dream winds up with one of you in the hospital.

I'm sure glad I didn't buy in on that horse.

Especially with Arnie as a partner.

Well, I do.

You were born.

The skull isn't fractured, so we sedated him.

Some cracked ribs.

We're not yet sure about internal injuries.

All right, Dodger, let us know when we talk to him, okay?

Mm -hmm.

How is he?

He's alive.

All right, I bet you he'll be over there.

Okay.

So what do we got here?

No newspaper, no radio station, no television station knows.

But you three beat me here. How come?

If that one's too tough, we'll come back to it, okay?

Now, what's your cripple nag doing in a police barn?

Well, Theo, at least to prove she's special.

All this proves is that nice ladies who teach school shouldn't put their dreams

on a cripple nag, okay?

Arnie? The stable costs of the track were killing us.

The barn is city property.

Well, we didn't even use one ounce of their feed.

Stacy, I know you're looking to make it as a trainer.

I mean, I've known you as a kid and I've loved you.

Now, Arnie here's a hustler.

Millie's a dreamer.

So why don't you tell me? Well, I tried to bring her along as well as I could,

but her leg was hurting, so Fogarty decided he'd try.

Fogarty? I mean, he was going to put his fingers around the horse's leg and

yell, Heel!

And out!

But he works miracles. He can convey power just with his fingers.

I swear on my kids, that horse will be a winner again.

Arnie, you don't have any kids.

I could have.

You wouldn't even know where to start.

Somebody please tell me.

Quiet old man gets his ribs busted, his head busted, to steal a crippled neck.

Now, if anything happens to Fogarty... Yeah.

Yeah.

I just made a bum out of Michelangelo.

I'm Mr. Ferraro.

What do you want?

Uh, just tell him it's Bert Gaines, his associate from Flatbush.

It's Gaines.

Hey, I thought we were supposed to talk till this was over. Yeah, yeah, but I

need some money and then it's done. All right, I'll get it. Okay, I'll call

back.

Keep an eye on her.

Trouble, boss?

When you deal with a crook,

You know where you stand.

When you deal with a guy that never stole before, you don't know when to

and when to stop.

You get my meaning?

Yeah, boss.

You keep talking and talking, and no matter what you say, you stole a horse

you attacked a policeman.

Look, look, he jumped me, kid. I never laid a hand on him. I'm honest. I mean,

really, you know? Oh, Bert, would you do me a favor? Could you just this once

please tell me the truth?

Why did you steal Francesca? I brought her to Omaha when you brought her to the

farm with Shoshi.

They had a party, you know?

Francesca's carrying one of Omaha's foals?

He's one of the biggest money winners of all times. You can't do that. I didn't.

Omaha did, huh?

Omaha's stud fees are a fortune. You're going to go to jail. No way.

Hey, listen, I've got this thing worked out better than Humphrey Bogart.

She drops the fold, you get Francesca back.

We cut your fringe in on the cash.

Okay, baby?

Trust me, baby.

It's worth a chance.

Hmm? Hmm?

All right.

All right. Good girl.

Lieutenant, the captain wants to see you now.

And that efficiency expert is back.

Nice to see you, Miles. Bye. Lieutenant, the man that captures his minutes frees

his hours.

Inspector,

I think...

Lieutenant Kojak?

He's at the hospital.

Yes, sir. I know.

The commissioner is embarrassed.

Yes, sir.

Yes, sir. I'll get back to you as soon as he reports in.

You shouldn't ask.

The city has to ration paper clips.

But a 40 -year veteran buys a piece of a racehorse and stables it on city

property? Frank, the owners were going to destroy it. They already put up 1

each, and I financed Stacy's share.

Oh. How nice.

You staked a girl you had to practically adopt because her mother promised her a

rose garden and didn't deliver.

And now she's into a deal with Arnie Goldman, the guy who stole all the

equipment in the first place?

The way I hear it, he's cleaned up his act, Frank. Oh, nice.

Tell that to I .A .D. when they find out he's Fogarty's partner.

Lieutenant, a bus driver saw a new custom -painted van at the barn last

colored in blue and white. Well, that's a start. Get at it. Help me get the

yellow sheets.

Downtown wants a look.

How do you write a yellow sheet on a horse?

Before he dies, you write a murder one. Go ahead.

Who's here, Ferraro's bookend?

Now, what are you doing out in the sun?

My boss owns horses.

Oh.

What did he do, send you here to clean the stables?

Don't get cute, cop. Relax.

Good thing you stayed in the car.

Rin Tin Tin here would have got you.

Give my regards to your boss.

Ferraro's a convicted felon.

He can't own horses.

Georgie, do I look like a man with money? Oh, God, maybe.

You want a very hot racehorse.

I've broken down a load burner.

She can't even walk.

Hey, Lieutenant.

Regards to the Captain.

Georgie Free.

New York's dumbest Shylock.

What are you doing, going camping?

How'd you guess?

I'll be back for that tent later, Arnie.

You never learn.

It's an old score.

There are no old scores with you, Arnie. You've been in sudden -death -overtime

playoff ever since I caught you taking a book in your old man's candy store.

So what do I want?

What do I ask for that's so bad?

A ticket.

A ticket out of this place that my father stuck on me? We got dust here

year one.

You have portable toilets?

On the shelf.

You want to buy a pound of rust from World War II?

I want to feel clean, finally.

I want to be a man with pride.

My own racehorse.

The mint julep set.

You have anything cheaper?

Anything cheaper is a paper bag.

So what do I get? A phone call from my ex -wife's lawyer?

She thinks I'm flush since she heard about the horse.

Georgie and his muscle come and lean on me. Now you lean on me?

I should be leaning on you. Find my horse. You're the cop.

What does anybody want with her? I mean, she can't run.

She can.

And somebody else must know about it. Wait a minute.

Oh, I've got a card.

Here, call the vet. He'll tell you.

Check on her, Sonny.

Yeah, check it, check it.

Tell me this.

How did anybody get her from the, uh...

From the race tank to the police barn.

Stacy borrowed wheels.

Oh, yeah? What kind was the van?

What van? It was a two -wheeled open trailer.

Maybe black, brown. I don't know. Who looks at colors?

Honey, if I find out you're hustling me, you're going to be handicapping

cockroaches in a slammer.

Oh, sir, please wait.

I lost a horse. Don't you lose a sale?

No.

You have hunting knives?

Uh, yeah, over there.

New ones?

Does this look like Macy's?

Uh... Uh, yeah, I want to leave a message for one of

your teachers, Mildred Burgess.

Yeah.

Have her call Arnie. It's urgent.

Thank you.

I asked for the horse, and you bring me a paper to read?

So Omaha died last night.

Should I send flowers?

But think, Ferraro.

Francesca's carrying Omaha's last baby. And in a few years, that foal's gonna be

worth millions.

I'm only asking for an extra 50 grand.

And you won't come back for more every time it wins a race, right?

Are you kidding?

This is it.

Me and my girl, we're gonna go buy a farm.

When did you ever see a farm?

So that's why I...

Have the horse at the rail yards in three hours.

Oh, yeah.

Hey, thanks a lot, Mr. Ferraro.

Hey, thanks, yeah.

Woody, go find this girl and babysit her.

If she gets any more ideas, we'll make a trade.

Why didn't you tell us about Bert Gaines right away, huh?

I just found out, I swear.

I told you that guy was trouble. First day I met him.

A foal.

Oh, Omaha's foal.

Fogarty will jump out of bed when he hears this.

Arnie, no. If Fogarty hears, then Kojak will know. And if Kojak knows, then Bert

goes to jail.

So tell him to just put our horse back.

Well, what'll we tell Kojak?

Say, Francesca has pigeons in her family and she found her way home.

He's not going to believe that.

Will he?

Okay.

We go to Kojak.

We tell him. We take a few dollars and we get your boyfriend a good lawyer.

Then we try to make a deal with Omaha's owners.

And everybody makes out.

You know, I sure hope that the next idea you get is to keep your mouth shut.

Millie, Fogarty can buy his own horse point.

The four of us can get a stable.

We'll be rich.

Stacey?

I never had a chance like this.

Yeah.

Maybe you weren't supposed to, huh?

Lieutenant, blue and white are very popular colors. We're trying to track

the owners of 22 vans.

And I want to bring the present before the baby's born, not after.

Kojak!

I just wanted to hear how it sounded.

Ah, well, it sounds like music to my ears. Now, what did the vet have to say?

Well, you know, they're specialists.

You don't bring a sick canary to a horse doctor.

Nice chitter -chatter over a cocktail party?

Well, somebody's got to be passing out cigars. The vet says Francesca's

pregnant.

That's not how they say it among horses.

Congratulations.

Did that say that Arnie knew?

No idea.

No idea?

If you can spot a pregnant lady, you can spot a pregnant horse.

Oh.

Of course, even in the best of professional stables, a mare can be

foal full -time when she drops.

It comes as a surprise to everybody.

Boy, I'm glad I'm not married.

Lieutenant Kojak.

Miles.

Can't you see I'm interrogating a wizard?

Charlie?

You got things to tell me, right?

Theo, I'm trying to become a lady handicapper, not a lady cop. Charlie,

not trying to become a lady handicapper. You're trying to stay out of jail for

making illegal books. That's what you're doing.

And now I want you to tell me what horses have been either switched or

or hustled at the track lately.

I don't have those kind of contacts.

Nobody has any idea what happened to that horse. But yes, you do have those

of contacts, don't they?

And you go back and you tell them again. Only this time say, she's in full.

Maybe you know some baby storks you can talk to.

Do you have any idea how big a horse stork has got to be?

and close to them, okay?

Now, you realize that in order for there to be a foal,

a man horse and a lady horse had to like each other.

So? So, how come you and I never get anywhere?

Shirley.

Well, hardly anywhere.

Because, Shirley.

Hey, you need all the attention, and you need all the love you can get, and half

the time, I'd be putting you away for illegal this and illegal that.

You know, I think you'd better get out of here before I .A .D. presses the

balls, Josh. What an idea for a pleasant morning.

I must speak with you. Oh, Miles, I'm seeing a witness through the door. Can't

you see?

Lieutenant?

Uh, peek -a -boo, Saperstein. I'm over here.

Oh, yes. The borough commander wants us to detail a couple of men to cover a

shootout over on 49th Street. Oh, you see that, Miles?

The men are working, collecting evidence all the time. Stop us.

And tell Mr. Miles what that evidence is.

That's dinner. We got it wholesale, remember?

Lieutenant Kojak, if you stop chasing around like John Wayne after some

racehorse, I could finish my manpower efficiency report.

And get out of your way. Mr. Miles.

A cop has been injured.

A racehorse has been stolen.

Do you understand that?

That's police work. Now, John Wayne never worked police work in New York,

he?

Lieutenant, the captain wants to see you. You have to anticipate your

Utilize your manpower.

The man who's not a step ahead is a step behind.

Bad news is I .A .D. discovered that Fogarty took out a large loan six months

ago and nobody knows why.

You better talk to him.

He shared the racehorse.

Theo, this was after the horse deal.

Well, lots of people take out loans, Frank.

Oh. And how many are cops stabling racehorses in the police barn?

Pregnant racehorses.

He was stabling a pregnant racehorse.

What do you mean?

What does he mean, pregnant?

That's how horse babies are born.

Relax.

Hey, make some coffee.

You and me are going to entertain each other for a while.

You get lost or something?

For us, it's I'll keep an eye on your baby until we get ours.

Listen, Stacy, I'll meet you outside, all right?

She stays.

Bert!

Fix him up.

He's got a delivery to make.

I'll step outside.

Bert, why don't you just forget about the money and give back the horse?

I'm not going to quit now.

Besides, I want to buy you a whole stable for you to train.

And I want to live...

$500 suits like plums in the steam.

I just don't want to smell anymore.

That doesn't matter.

It matters.

They already know that it's your blue and white fan.

Well, in a couple of hours, it's not going to make any difference what they

know.

I'll see you later.

Come on, Dad. You remember the line.

Any distinguishing features on this guy who hit on you?

They looked like all the others.

What do you mean? There was more than one?

All right.

Give us a description of everybody, one by one.

About 18 hands.

Six foot tall.

Barely more than a yearling.

Young. I sit there up in my saddle.

You remember me up there, Theo?

I remember you. I remember you from when I was a kid.

I'd look down from my horse and I'd say, Hey, boy -o!

You remember?

Boy -o, I thought you were cursing at me.

God bless Central Park.

Yeah, Danny.

We gotta catch these guys.

What guys?

The guys who stole Francesca?

Was there...

More than one, Theo?

You

want

to hear something pretty?

Buy a hi -fi?

I'll be outside.

All right, Danny, about these guys. Now, one, two, how many, whatever?

Straight dish.

Straight nose.

No fat.

I had a dream, Theo.

Oh, well, forget about it, Danny. I mean, the nightmare's over, okay?

No, no, this is a dream I've had for some time.

Since I was a lad.

My own ranch.

Fields of grass.

Sweet -smelling hay, Theo.

My sons and grandsons visiting me.

Not me having to visit them and sit in a chair they bought just for me.

You get the picture, Theo?

You understand what I mean?

So when Stacy came to me with the idea of buying the filly and making her well,

it don't matter to me if she ever runs.

I have something to worry over.

Even being involved with...

Arnie and Millie hearing them go at it and knowing they don't even realize they

can't get along without each other.

That horse was bringing excitement into my life.

An old man's chair.

I have three old man's chairs and three sons' homes still.

Each of them bought me one to die in.

I gotta find that horse.

She promised to buy me that ranch if I made her well.

And I did, Theo.

I did.

I put my hands on her.

That's why they stole her. They knew.

Yeah. Hey, Dan, I'll find the horse, okay?

You just follow doctor's orders.

Is this him?

That's him!

Go find a copying machine. Maybe a dozen copies.

Six months ago.

You took out a big loan.

Am I a suspect?

I .A .D. thinks so.

After I bought my share, I was low in funds.

So I took out a loan when my grandson, Kevin, came to me for help.

He wanted to go to Europe to study art.

His father, Anthony, thought it was foolish.

Effeminate, he called it.

No fairy artists in our family, he said.

So Grandpa went and got the money for it, right?

Danny, I'm going to blow the whistle on you with I .A .D., you phony.

Forgetful, bitter, angry?

Oh, thank God he's bitter.

Oh, you're a genius.

My son, the original downtown, will fly to all pieces.

Nurse Quinn, please report... Ta -da.

Ma, who is he?

That's your horse's midwife.

Never saw him before.

Arnie. Theo, Arnie would not lie.

She never defended you before. How come now?

Our friend is hurt, our horse is stolen, and it kind of sounds as though you

suspect us.

Come on, let's go.

Gee,

Millie, thanks.

I did it for my part of the horse, not yours.

Any expecting company?

A lot of strange people hang out around the tracks.

Theo, I'm very upset about Francesco. What do you want?

You know this man?

Yeah, he looks like Bert.

He's a fellow, I know.

How well do you know him?

I... I figured.

You don't come over with a classy trailer like this working as an

trainer. Are you disappointed?

Hey, it's your life.

Is that what you want?

Yeah, you're not my father.

I see.

When you were 10 years old and I was just a beat cop, you didn't say stay out

my life when they were beating on your old man.

And when you were 15 years old, you didn't say stay out of my life when they

tried to roll you over as a hooker.

You got paid by the city, didn't you?

You know Ferraro?

No.

Oh, Theo.

Theo, I love you.

That's what makes it hurt even more.

I'm all set.

Meet me at the Flushing Meadow Park, the railroad yards.

Gaines says he's ready right now.

Tell him in an hour.

Make it three o 'clock.

All right, you got it.

Let's go. Pick up your brother on the way to the railroad yards.

I thought you said in an hour. Come on, let's go. Come on.

And also, there's the matter of food in the squad room.

Food? Lieutenant contact.

It's an established fact that you cannot convey a sense of authority if you

interrogate a witness with food in your mouth. Maya.

You're exaggerating.

Look, Dr.

Whelan just called from the hospital.

Foley's disappeared.

Oh, hi, Mr. Marth. Want a bite?

Disappeared?

on the sketch and you didn't tell Kojak?

Fogarty, you're a sick man. Sit down.

Millie, look who's here.

Kojak just called. He's looking for you.

Francesca's carrying a foal, Millie. Yeah, we just heard.

Well, who set it up? That fella Gaines?

Yes. Stacy picked another loser that time, didn't she?

Hey, smile. The way it comes out, we hit the jackpot.

Arnie. Our mayor is illegally mated to a famous siren. Now, what kind of a

jackpot is that?

This fellow Gaines, who's he in with?

I don't know.

Arnie, if you didn't know that Gaines was in with somebody heavy, you'd be

tearing him apart with your bare hands.

Maybe we shouldn't make it worse.

Great. Look who's talking about not making things worse.

I saw him in the city with Ferraro a couple of times.

Ferraro?

Ferraro!

Fogarty, you're sick!

Never felt better in my life.

The blood is coursing through my veins. The old pulse is hammering away.

I'm on the trail of a suspect.

Who are you calling?

It's going too far. I'm calling Kojak.

No, no, no, no. Wait a while, huh?

Wait a little bit.

Really?

Why stall?

Because of my sisters, that's why.

They're always running on about their vacations and their fur coats and their

kids. And I'm nothing to them. I'm just a teacher. Just once, just one time, I'd

like to show them. You know, me, standing in the winner's circle.

You know, with my horse.

My victory. You know, my pride.

Is that so wrong?

Huh?

Are you Theo?

I'm Harriet, Shirley's friend.

She said she'd be here.

Well, something came up.

Why didn't she call?

Well, she could only make one phone call, so she called her lawyer. She got

arrested for making book at the track.

Well, anyway, she told me to wait for you here and to tell you that there was

blue and white van parked here for weeks. And then, um, suddenly it

And there were gallons of empty red paint cans.

Um... Say, uh, was I any help?

You were great.

I'm an exotic dancer.

Really? I'm a cop.

You know, Shirley was right.

You're irresistible.

Uh, cracker.

I'm overweight, I'm middle -aged, I work too hard, and I get very tired very

often. Well, I could get us a comp week at a great hotel in Las Vegas.

Crocker. Hold on.

Harriet.

Hey, look, you work all night and I work all day. You know, I think our careers

would conflict.

I know, but just think about all the fun we could have trying to make it work.

Look at that blue and white van we're looking for.

I got a different make on it. It's probably red now.

Okay. You all right, Lieutenant? I mean, you sound a little out of breath.

Well, it's an old war wound.

I told you I wanted an extra 50. I like the old price better.

Come on.

Where's the horse?

Where's the extra 50 grand?

Nobody makes a move till I get my horse.

Nobody move.

I want everyone...

Lieutenant, sounds like the old man.

Bogarty, where the hell are you? I'm at the Flushing Meadow Railroad.

Did you see him this time, or are you going to give me another story?

It was Ferraro and his men.

And Gaines, too?

He was here.

He ran off. They went after him.

All right, take him back to the hospital.

Don't let him sell you any rocking chairs, okay?

He's got a corner on a market.

What is it, hook print?

No.

He couldn't have brought the horse into this. It's too clean.

That horse must be still at the racetrack.

Yeah, we just left Fogarty.

Where were you going?

To find the horse.

Oh.

We could look for her number. Her number?

Her number?

Yeah, all race horses are tattooed inside their mouths. Her number? You

that? Yep. You know that? I know.

Are you sure she's here, Stacey?

She's got to be. Just remember, we're looking for a horse with white paint on

her somewhere.

What about

this

one? That's a boy, Dum -Dum.

quiver, she's down.

Yeah,

that's great.

That's great.

Come on, now, bring out the horse. Let's go.

Bert. I'm sorry, Katie.

It didn't turn out like this for Steve McQueen.

Hey, the horse now. Come on, let's go.

Just a second.

more friendship.

I'm from the Humane Society.

Bert!

Oh, no, please, John. Just explain. He just wanted more than he could have.

Please.

No.

In his possession, one one -way trip ticket to Mexico City.

He was dumped here.

Sometimes it's kind to be cruel.

Remember, if Kojak wants in on the deal, we'll let him in, but not at the

original price.

That's right. We let him in for free. I'm telling you, they'll try to retire

You have to talk to them. Danny, they'll be too embarrassed to let you go.

Hey, Buckner, how does it feel to own a piece of two racehorses? Arnie, the fall

doesn't belong to you.

Oh, great. What do I tell my sisters?

Well, you tell your sisters that you're lousy with horses, but you're good with

students. And you tell your sisters that the owners of the late, great Oman...

I've given you a piece of the pole so they would avoid a lawsuit. Okay?

I'll give you a statement.

Oh, the pain.

After all this, we have to split the deal?

Oh, Arnie.

You know you've been turning your back on good things all your life? Don't do

now. What good things?

What do I have? What? Tell me one thing I didn't have to cut somebody else in

on.

Her.

Oh, what the heck.

I bought a couple of steaks for my sisters and they never came over.

Did you get into an argument?

Well, I hope so.

Lieutenant!

I got mugged!

right on the corner.

Crocker! Styros!

Get on it!

He's got my attaché case with the one and only copy of the Manhattan South

Management Evaluation.

Oh, Chris.

Well, look, Miles, what can I tell you?

But, uh, I mean, don't worry, all right?

The boys will find it, will you?