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That's the prettiest sight in the whole world, ain't it?

Yeah, that's what you said about that third steak

you had for breakfast this morning.

Hey, what's he doing?

That ain't no he.

Ain't but one rider in the territory can ride like that.

That's a she. It's that Loughlin young 'un.

Think she's in trouble?

More than likely, knowing her, she's probably got somebody else in trouble.

Hey, there's what she's after.

- She's got a wild one going. - Yeah.

She's gonna have a deuce of a time catching him on that nag she's on.

- Reckon we ought to help her? - Come on, let's go.

Get your rope off my horse.

Now, wouldn't you say that was the height of brass, Hoss,

considering you happen to be on our property, dear?

It doesn't make any difference. He's wild and you know it.

I started chasing him up in the hills.

It ain't my fault he ran onto your property.

Are you kidding?

What chance do you think you would have had of getting him

if Hoss and I hadn't helped you catch him?

Get your rope off or I'll... or I'll cut it off.

And if you give me any more trouble, I'll lop off your ears.

Joe, I believe I'd go along with her. You'd look funny without them two ears.

All right, simmer down. We're just kidding you. It's your horse.

I gotta admit, I envy you. That's a fine-looking animal.

We might be able to make a little deal on him once you get him saddle-broke.

He ain't for sale, to you or to anyone else.

Now, get your rope off.

Yes, ma'am.

Thanks for your help.

Any time, ma'am.

What does she mean, she wouldn't sell the horse?

She and her old man are in the horse business, ain't they?

She's gonna have to sell that horse whether she wants to or not,

the way her old man is.

I don't reckon he'd let her keep a lame coyote if he could get a dime for it.

Let's get home.

We Make deal? Ten dollar.

All right, you got a bet. Ten dollars.

Hey, don't tell me he's got you betting on that... that Chinese lottery again.

No, no, no, no. I done lost enough money on that, Joe.

No, we're betting on the annual stake race.

You're betting on the annual stake race?

- Yeah. - That's... That's my name.

I'm... I'm in the stake race, you know, of course.

Yeah, yeah.

Well, if you're both betting on the stake race,

that means one of you is betting against me.

Hop Sing bet on you last two year, Little Joe.

Both time lose shirt.

This year bet on Tommy Tee.

Tommy Tee.

Well, I'm glad to see there's one member of the family who's loyal.

Yeah, well, Joe, as a matter of fact,

you see, I'm a little short on shirts myself, so I...

- I bet on Flasher. - Hm-hm.

Don't be too disappointed, Joe. I'll bet on you.

I might even go as high as five dollars.

Hop Sing, will you please get the food here?

Yes.

Promised Bill Porter I'd stop by his place this morning

and see that bull he had shipped down from Oregon.

I'll go along with you. I'd like to stop at the Loughlin place,

take a look at that horse we helped Trudy catch.

Oh, yeah, you two been talking about that horse so much,

I'd like to see it myself.

Hey, Hop Sing, hurry up, will you? You're slower than Tommy Tee.

Hello, Mr. Cartwright. Come on in.

- Oh, hi, Trudy. - Hi, Trudy.

- Your father around? - Uh, he's out in the barn.

- I'll... I'll go get him. - Oh, thanks.

What do you wanna see him about?

About that horse we helped you catch.

We'd like to make your pa an offer on him.

Well, he ain't for sale, I told you that.

Oh, well, the boys tell me that he's an awfully good horse.

Animals like that are hard to come by.

Should be able to get a good price for him.

He ain't for sale. The horse is mine.

Trudy?

And my pa don't know about it.

- How are you, sir? - Loughlin.

Ain't often my good neighbors the Cartwrights come to call.

- Join me in a drink? - No, thank you, sir.

No, no, thank you. I just dropped by for a moment.

Now, what can I do for you?

Well, we came by to see if you had any horses for sale,

but I see your corral is empty.

Well, right now maybe. But I got big plans, Mr. Cartwright.

One of these days Trudy and me are gonna catch us a whole passel of wild ones.

Matter of fact, I was just studying

on where I was gonna build me a corral to hold 'em.

I'll show you where I've been figuring on putting it.

Do you mind? I'd appreciate your suggestions.

Uh...

Um, I guess I gotta thank you for not giving me away.

Forget it.

Look, you got that horse hid out somewhere, that's none of my business,

but you know your pa's gonna find out about it sooner or later.

Oh, no, he won't, not where I got him hid.

I got him up at the far end of Lone Pine Canyon.

Pa doesn't go up that far.

You know how it's been since Ma died.

Yeah, your pa hasn't done so well lately, has he?

Ain't his fault. He got real sick after Mom died.

Hasn't been able to work like he used to.

- Yeah. - See, I gotta help him, Joe.

That's why I got that horse hid out.

I wanna keep him for breeding stock, get a real fine horse ranch for Pa.

Trudy, you can't do it all by yourself.

Yes, I can.

Catch a few wild mares.

I ain't never seen a horse like my Barranca. That's what I named him.

- That's a good name. - Got him saddle-broke already.

And I tell you, he's the fastest horse anywhere.

Maybe you won't have to wait for that ranch.

Maybe you can have it right now. Look at this.

It's the stake race. Thousand-dollar prize.

If Barranca's as fast as we think he is, why not enter him?

- Think I could? - Got nothing to lose.

Think about it. I'll see you.

Trudy.

If you'd been doing your job right,

I'd have had some nags to sell them Cartwrights.

Where is it?

In the wood box.

Where you going, girl?

Up in the hills to get some horses.

Well, I hope you're luckier today or something.

Sure been acting funny lately.

You don't seem to care much

that your old pa ain't got as much as the price of a jug to ease his misery.

Everything's gonna be different, Pa.

You just gotta believe me. I know it is.

Oh, sure, there's a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow too,

only you been digging at the wrong end.

Oh, Pa.

All right, go ahead.

Find something to sell them Cartwrights, you hear?

I hear.

And everything's gonna be all right. Don't you worry.

You know, Barranca, we got a lot of riding to do.

And you know why?

'Cause I'm gonna enter you in a race.

A race that'll win us more money than I ever dreamed of having in a lifetime.

A thousand dollars.

That'll buy Pa a real fine horse ranch with breeding stock and everything.

Nobody'll ever look down at him again.

You'll have a private pasture and a barn that doesn't leak.

If there's enough money left over, I may even buy myself a store-bought dress.

One with fancy buttons and frills and everything.

And I'll go to this dance, and everybody'll be looking at me,

and I'll just... dancing and whirling around,

light as a peacock feather.

Hey, Barranca, whoa.

He ain't used to nobody except me, Pa.

I figured you was up to something.

I ain't done nothing wrong.

Sure got yourself a fine animal.

Isn't he, though? I named him Barranca. Isn't he pretty?

- Yeah. Where'd you steal him? - I didn't steal him.

Caught him three weeks ago. Gentled him myself.

- Figured on selling him yourself? - No, I wasn't gonna sell him.

Ben Cartwright wanted to buy him, but I wouldn't sell.

Don't believe me, you can ask him.

Cartwright's seen him?

He'd give a hundred dollars for an animal like that.

No, Pa. We gotta keep him. Don't you see?

Barranca could give us everything we've ever wanted,

a fine horse ranch and everything.

Oh, you and your dreams.

You must be touched in the head

if you think that one horse is gonna give us everything we want.

But you can give me everything I want, and that's a hundred dollars.

No, Pa, you gotta listen to me.

Don't sass me anymore. Just get a halter on him.

Go on, get.

You can't be serious, Loughlin.

You bet I'm serious, Mr. Cartwright.

You told Trudy you wanted to buy this horse.

I'm telling you I wanna sell him.

Even if she told you what that horse might mean to both of you?

Trudy always has big dreams, silly dreams.

I don't even listen to 'em.

It might be a good idea if you did listen to her dreams sometimes.

Maybe you can afford the time to listen to that foolishness.

I can't afford to turn down a hundred dollars for this animal.

That's all I'm asking.

Do you wanna buy him or don't you, Mr. Cartwright?

The animal's not yours to sell in the first place, is it?

I mean, Trudy caught him and broke him.

Trudy's a minor. She ain't got no property rights.

Ain't that the law, Mr. Cartwright?

Yeah, that's the law.

Well, then, we got a deal?

No, I don't want any part of it.

Well, all right, I'll find somebody else to buy him.

I'll have no trouble, fine animal like this one.

All right, let's go, girl.

Please, buy him, Mr. Cartwright. Somebody's going to anyway.

And I'd rather you all had him than anyone else,

so he wouldn't be so far away from me.

All right, Trudy.

All right, come in the house. I'll get you a bill of sale and your money.

- Sorry about that. - Oh, it isn't your fault.

Barranca could win that race, I just know it.

That's what I was trying to tell Pa, but he wouldn't listen.

He's twice the horse than that dumb old Skeeter you're gonna ride.

Trudy, you're kind of putting yourself out on a big limb, aren't you, honey?

Wanna see how fast he can run?

Why not? I got Skeeter in the barn.

I'm sure I can rustle up an extra saddle.

Little Brother, looks to me like you got a race on your hands.

One hundred. I sure thank you, Mr. Cartwright.

- Where's Barranca? - Hoss?

- Trudy. She run off with him? - She sure did.

She left here on the dangedest cloud of dust you ever seen.

- Huh? - She and Joe are horse racing.

- Joe's on Skeeter. - Oh, yeah?

Hey, Pa, she's beating him.

- Look at that horse go. - And look at that little gal ride him.

Great Jehoshaphat, Pa. She beat him seven ways to Sunday.

Congratulations. He's a great horse.

You'll take good care of him, won't you?

You know I will.

- That was a good ride. Good ride, Trudy. - Thank you, Mr. Cartwright.

I tried to tell you, Pa.

But you wouldn't listen.

You cheated me, Cartwright.

I ain't gonna forget it.

Pa, if Loughlin thinks you cheated him,

why don't you give him his money back so Trudy can keep her horse?

I could.

Walk those horses around real good. Let 'em cool off before you put 'em up.

Take special care of Barranca.

We don't want anything to happen to Trudy's horse, now, do we?

20 dollars on Barranca. All right, cowboy, you're covered.

Mort Benson, ten dollars, Barranca.

Oh, Benson, you're a piker.

I'm betting three months pay, a hundred dollars on Barranca.

- You put that in your book, Harper. - One hundred, even money.

Even money?

Yesterday you was giving three to one odds on Barranca.

That was yesterday. Take it or leave it.

I'll take it anyway.

Hey, old timer.

They tell me you're the one that sold Barranca to Ben Cartwright.

What business is that of yours, mister?

Bartender, bring my friend a bottle here.

- That make it my business? - Yeah, that makes it your business.

- Why'd you sell the horse so cheap? - Word sure gets around.

You're the one that's been spreading it.

You been on quite a drunk, Loughlin.

You been spouting off all over town how Ben Cartwright cheated you.

Well, Ben Cartwright did cheat me.

Well, that's no concern of mine.

What does concern me is that Barranca's suddenly become

the overwhelming favorite in the stake race.

I'm covering an awful lot of money bet on him right now.

Well, my friend, you had better have an awful lot of money to pay off with.

Barranca could beat any of those nags running backwards.

I saw my daughter ride Barranca

against Joe Cartwright's Skeeter

and beat him by a mile.

It wasn't my fault, Barranca.

I mean, I tried to hide you.

Things just didn't work out for you and me.

Don't you worry. Someday I'm gonna have lots of money. I'll just buy you back.

You really love that horse, don't you, Trudy?

I wasn't doing nothing.

Why, you was talking to your horse. Sometimes that's real important doings.

I guess I should have asked you folks whether I could come out here.

You're welcome any time.

Well, thanks, 'cause that's just fine, 'cause he's the best friend I got.

Yeah.

You... You planning on staying a while,

or ain't you afraid your pa might miss you?

Well, Pa's got money in his pocket now,

so he's... he's down at the saloon every night.

Well, look, you and Barranca go ahead and just have yourself a good visit.

I'll... I'll see you after a while.

Do you hear that, Barranca?

I can come and visit you any time I want.

And you won't be lonesome either.

And they may let me even ride you.

And you gotta admit that barn's much better

than that corral you were living in up in the hills.

We can just pretend that you're my very own.

Ah.

What's the matter, Mr. Cartwright?

- You told them, didn't you? - Oh, yeah, yeah, I told 'em, Trudy.

Trudy, we... we have a proposition we'd like to discuss with you,

sort of a business deal.

Yeah, we just... we just had a meeting.

About me?

Yes, about you and about Barranca.

Yeah. Trudy, how would you like to ride Barranca?

In the big race?

We haven't won that race in a couple of years.

What's the catch?

Well, yes, there... there is a catch, I must admit to that.

If you win the race, Barranca belongs to you.

Only you don't take legal possession until you're of legal age.

And you only get half the prize money, when you're of legal age.

Have we got a deal?

What do you think, Barranca? Think we'll win that race?

OK, you got yourself a deal.

All right, it's a deal.

What good's that gonna do me?

I need money now, girl, now.

Them Cartwrights get all the prize money if you win.

They got a prize-winner stallion.

Can't you see through their scheme, girl?

You're too dumb to understand.

Mr. Cartwright said he'd hold half the money for me

and sign Barranca back to me.

When? Four or five years from now?

You swallowed his words.

They're just tricking you, girl,

and you're too dumb to understand, I told you.

They wouldn't do that. They wouldn't lie to me.

It's not like that. It's very important to them.

You know Mr. Cartwright and all of 'em.

Why? They got some bets on Barran...?

That it?

- They betting? - How should I know?

Maybe I was a little hasty.

Riding that horse means a lot to you, don't it?

Yeah, it means an awful lot to me.

Come on over here to your old man.

Come on over. I done changed my mind.

You got a right.

You got a right to enter that race as you got a mind to.

You got a right as much as anybody.

- You mean it? - Yeah.

If you... if you want anything that strong,

I ain't gonna stand in your way, honey.

Uh-uh. I'm gonna do all I can to help you.

Now, wait a minute. Listen to what I got to say.

I ain't wasting your time.

How much you got on Barranca to win?

I've covered close to 7,000.

What is it worth to you to make sure Barranca loses?

Forget it, Loughlin. You can't get to the horse or the Cartwrights.

Maybe not. But I can get to my daughter.

And Joe Cartwright ain't riding Barranca. My daughter is.

Well, now, maybe you ain't wasting my time after all, Mr. Loughlin.

Hello, Pa.

What's the matter? You hurt?

Oh, it's... it's one of my spasms.

It comes and goes.

It'll go away after a little.

It's just that I...

Where you going?

Well, I'm gonna get dressed and go for a doctor.

Oh, no, no.

No, he can't do me any good. I've seen him already.

That's why I've been drinking so much.

- Well, what is it? - I don't know.

It's one of them... one of them yard-long sawbone things.

Is it bad?

Trudy...

I got about six months to live.

Oh, Pa, come and sit down.

No, no. No use getting excited about it.

Ain't nothing we can do.

Well, there's gotta be something we could do.

Well, there's... this doctor in San Francisco.

Oh, there ain't no use talking about that.

- It'd take a lot of money. - Well, we've got money.

There must be something left from when we sold Barranca.

That's not enough money.

Take a thousand dollars, operation and all.

Well, there's gotta be a way.

There is a way. There's...

Oh, no, no, I couldn't ask you to do that.

Well, what is it?

No, forget it.

I'd do anything in the world for you, Pa.

I could make a deal with this Harper.

He'd pay a heap of money if he... was sure

that Barranca was gonna lose the race.

You could get him off to a bad start

and... kind of box him in and pull him in a little.

Are you asking me to give Barranca a bad race on purpose?

I know it's the wrong thing,

but it's only a horse race, and...

I am dying.

I can't do that. I... I can't.

Not even to save my life?

That's right, honey. That's my girl.

Just rode down to see how you and Barranca's getting along.

Looks to me like he's about as skittish as a polecat in a perfume factory.

Ain't nothing wrong with him.

It looked to me like he was trying to run off with you.

- Well, he's a wild horse, ain't he? - What's the matter, hon? What's wrong?

Nothing. I'm just tired. So's Barranca. I mean, I gave him a long workout.

You haven't any reason to find fault with us.

Why don't you call it a day?

- That's just what I'm gonna do. - You can ride him on into the barn.

I'll come in and brush him down and cool him off for you.

Thanks.

Where you been, girl?

Been out riding around. Thinking.

Only thing you ought to be thinking about is your old pa.

Maybe thinking about how he ain't had any dinner yet.

Stop looking at me that way.

Whiskey's the only thing that eases the pain.

I had another one of those attacks today.

Real terrible this time.

I went into town. I had a talk with Doc Martin today.

What made you do a thing like that? You checking up on me?

Probably lied to you, told you there was nothing wrong with me.

He doesn't wanna worry you none.

Doc didn't lie, Pa. You did.

Just like you always have when you wanted to get your own way.

But there ain't gonna be any more lies.

Leastwise I ain't gonna hear 'em, 'cause I'm leaving for good.

Oh, no, Trudy, wait.

You're right, honey.

I lied, I admit it. I was wrong.

But I didn't lie just for me.

I lied for both of us.

You... We can still have that ranch you've always wanted.

We can have some fine horses.

Only you've gotta stay, Trudy. You gotta ride in that race.

You gotta ride Barranca. And you gotta lose.

I made a deal with Harper.

If I cross him, he'll kill me.

You understand? He'll kill me.

I ain't gonna throw that race, Pa. I've made my mind up.

But I'll do one last thing.

I'll see that Barranca isn't even in the race,

and that way Harper won't lose any money and you won't be in any trouble.

Oh, honey, that's all I need. That's all I need.

I'm not coming back, Pa.

Maybe what I want is a dream.

Maybe I won't find it.

But at least someplace else I'll have a little chance.

Trudy, honey.

Goodbye, Pa.

Barranca, I ain't never done nothing like this before,

I mean stealing a horse,

but, you understand, you gotta go back to the hills

where... where you belong, where I found you.

Come on, boy.

- What's she up to? - I told you I heard something.

Go on, boy. Go on, go back and join the herd.

Go on. Go on. Get out. Go on. Go on.

Get out.

Go on, boy. Go on.

I don't want you anymore. Don't you understand?

I don't want you anymore!

Go on.

I'm gonna throw this rock at you! Go on!

Trudy! Trudy, what are you doing?

Mr. Cartwright, I can't ride Barranca in the race! I can't!

Trudy!

I told you, Pa, this morning she acted real skittery

and she was working out Barranca

like she was trying to tighten him up or something, and now this.

Maybe this has something to do with what I was telling you

about Harper and Loughlin getting their heads together.

Her father just might be pressing her into throwing that race.

There's a lot of money involved.

Yeah, that'd make a girl like her act this way, sure would.

All right.

Barranca's gonna run in that race and he's gonna win it.

And you're gonna ride him.

Evening, Mr. Cartwright.

I'm looking for Trudy. Figured she must be here.

She was here before, with Barranca.

But if she's not at home, I imagine she's off somewhere

trying to find some answers to some questions.

About what? Answers to what?

Oh, answers to some simple questions, like what's right and what's wrong?

Well, she knows right and wrong. Her ma and me taught her.

Did you?

Well, now, maybe I wasn't born lucky.

Maybe I don't own a big spread the way you do.

But that don't give you no call to criticize the way I run my family.

I'm not criticizing the way you run your family.

And money's got nothing to do with this.

I'm just trying to talk to you as one father to another.

- Well, I done the best I could. - Did you?

Then why do you think she's turned to that horse the way she has, huh?

Because she's found something to love,

something alive that would return her affection.

Do you know why she came here tonight?

To try to run that horse back into the hills

because she didn't want him to race in a crooked race.

All she wanted to do was race Barranca,

and you managed to ruin even that for her.

She ain't gonna ride Barranca in that race Saturday, huh?

No, she's not.

My son Joseph is gonna ride him. It's getting late.

Well, I still don't know where she headed for.

You're the only folks that she'd ask anything of.

Well, maybe she's out there somewhere

hoping that you'll find her, tell her something.

Yeah, I'll tell her what you said.

I'll tell her I'm sorry about everything too.

You might try telling her something else.

- What's that? - That you love her.

Hey, boys, we only got ten minutes before the race starts.

Bartender, give me a quick one there, will you?

If it ain't too late, I wanna get a bet down.

- Sure thing, friend. - 50 on Barranca.

I wasn't gonna bet until they announced a change of riders

a few minutes ago.

What are you saying, friend?

Well, that Loughlin girl ain't gonna be riding Barranca after all.

Joe Cartwright is.

Thank you, friend.

Joe.

An awful lot of people betting an awful lot of money in this race.

It looks like most of it's being bet on you.

I'll do my best.

That's the ten-minute gun, gents.

Next time I fire it, the race'll be on.

Hello, Trudy.

I ain't got nothing to say, Pa.

Trudy...

When you didn't come home, I was worried.

Told you I wasn't coming back.

Yeah. Yeah, I guess I don't blame you none for that.

All I ever thought about was myself.

Never really talked to you.

Never realized a young girl like you

ever needed anything more than a bunch of scrub horses to talk to.

- You done the best you could. - Oh, no, no, no, I didn't.

I lied to you over and over. I...

Well, don't go getting the idea that I'm trying to pull something

just to... make you forgive me.

I realize it's too late for that, but...

All I want you to do now is to do the right thing.

What does that mean?

I want you to ride Barranca in that race,

and I want you to ride him to win.

Yeah, well, you said if I rode Barranca in the race and won, Harper'd kill you.

Don't you recognize another one of my lies?

I was just trying to scare you into doing something my way.

I know now I was wrong, dead wrong.

Trudy...

Honey...

You do wanna ride in that race, don't you?

Make all of them dreams come true?

Yeah, I wanna do that more than anything else in the world,

but Little Joe's riding him.

Oh, you just go on over to them Cartwrights

and tell them what I had to say and... you ride Barranca in that race.

Now, go on, go on. Go on, get.

Just a minute. There's one thing more I wanna tell you.

Yeah, what is it? I... I'm listening.

I love you.

You crossed me, Loughlin. You said your girl would ride.

She's gonna ride, Harper.

But I crossed you all right.

She's gonna ride to win.

Maybe you're lying, maybe you ain't, but I always cover my bets.

I ain't taking any chances on paying out all that money.

All right, boys, we're leaving town. You too, Loughlin.

But you won't be going very far.

Bring the horses round the back. We'll get the money box. Let's go.

Listen, Mr. Cartwright, I've just gotta ride him. I've just gotta.

Everything's all right now. Pa was... he was lying.

Mr. Harper ain't gonna kill him if Barranca wins.

Ah, so that was it.

Please.

You better get mounted up or you're gonna lose this race before it starts.

Come on, give me that jacket.

All right, gents.

And girl.

Let's have a good start.

Calm down, Barranca. Calm down.

Go, Trudy.

- Go on, Trudy! - Great start!

She's ahead.

At least I got to see the start of the race.

She's way out in front.

All right, let's... let's get it over with.

Can you imagine a fella like Loughlin lying to his own daughter?

Yeah.

Pour me a drink, will you?

By the time the race is over, we'll be long gone.

Loughlin. Loughlin, I wanna talk to you...

Look out, Ben!

Come on, get over here.

They was gonna kill me, Ben.

I think you knew that when you sent Trudy looking for us

a couple of minutes ago.

Another one of my lies.

Yeah, only this time it was a lie with a difference.

You did it for her sake, didn't you?

- I'm gonna have to get you to the doctor. - No, not yet.

Please, Ben. I wanna see the end of the race.

I wanna see my little girl.

I'll be all right.

Get them over to the sheriff. Come on.

Where are they, Ben? Where are they?

Well, it's a long race.

Sit down.

Barranca!

Come on, Barranca, move!

Come on, Barranca, move!

Come on, Barranca! Let's go!

There they are.

She won, Ben.

- Yeah. - She won.

Yeah, she sure did. She sure did.

- Mr. Loughlin. - How do you feel?

- Oh, fine, fine. - Good.

Hey.

What's the matter with Trudy? Looks like she's lost her last friend.

Yeah.

Well, she just about did, Hoss.

Barranca jumped that fence last night.

- Trudy. - Trudy, we're sorry.

- We just heard about Barranca. - Yeah, he went back to the hills.

He's wild again.

The three of us could go out and look for him. We might find him.

We could do that.

If he loves to run free better than he likes me,

then that's what I want for him.

Trudy.

I'll be dad-burned. And he brought his whole harem with him.

Well, there's the start of your horse ranch.

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