- Young Lois Brandon is about to have her home foreclosed if she doesn't come up with some money. She enters her horse, Atta Boy, in a big-money race, hoping the win will enable her to pay off the mortgage and save her home.
- Lois Brandon ( Dorothy Gish ) is in love with racehorse owner Jim Spencer, but she refuses to marry him. Since her father committed suicide because of racing debts, Lois now hates the racetrack atmosphere. Jim vows to leave the business after winning one more race, and he sells his horses to Jarvis Johnson, betting the money on Atta Boy, who breaks down in the stretch. Lois claims Atta Boy and nurses him back to health, then enters him in a race without knowing that it has been "fixed" by Johnson. At the last minute, Lois finds out about the fix and yells to Jim to switch his bets to Johnson's horse. Atta Boy manages to win, but Jim had not heard Lois' warning to change his bet, and so he wins enough to leave the track forever.—Pamela Short
- Jim Spencer owns a small "string" of horses and is racing them at the Gilmont track. In order to keep down expenses and to be near his horses, he boards with Mrs. Brandon, near the track. The "breadwinner" of the string is Atta Boy and he keeps him apart from the others in a barn back of the boarding house. Lois, the daughter of Mrs. Brandon, has an inherited affection for horses and likes Atta Boy very much. She later falls in love with the owner, Jim, and he proposes marriage. Despite her confession of love for Jim, she rejects him, and when pressed for a reason, declares her hatred for his business, a race-track man. In explanation, she tells how her father, a horse owner, was driven to ruin and suicide by betting. He promises to quit the game if she will consent to marry him, and Lois gladly agrees. He plans to make one big "killing" and retire, so he mortgages his entire "string" of horses to Johnson and bets the money on Atta Boy. The gambler concludes that Jim has something up his sleeve and sends Lucille, his consort, to Mrs. Brandon's boarding house to obtain the information. Her efforts to infatuate Jim are unsuccessful, but she gets the tip on Atta Boy from Bill Golden, a trainer, who has just been discharged by Jim. Johnson pays the tip heavily and Jim stakes his all on the horse. Atta Boy runs a strong race, but goes lame in the home-stretch and loses. Johnson forecloses on the horses. He is bitter against Atta Boy, and when no one will bid on him at the sale, orders him to be shot. Lois pleads for him, and Johnson lets her have the horse on her promise to pay $50. Jim quits the track and gets a job. Atta Boy is brought back to the barn and under the tender nursing of Lois, recovers. The discharged trainer happens to see Jim try out the horse and reports to Johnson that the animal is in good order again. He still has the unsatisfied claim of $50, and disregarding the verbal agreement with Lois, he has the sheriff take the horse away. All try to scheme out some way to raise money to satisfy the claim. Mrs. Brandon had money put away for the last payment on the house she is buying and redeems Atta Boy. Lois goes to the barn and mourns in the empty stall, when Atta Boy, who has broken away from the gambler's stable, canters in and muzzles her lovingly. She has a vision Atta Boy winning another race and getting them out of all difficulties. She decides to overcome her scruples, just once. Johnson has a race "fixed," and Lois enters Atta Boy in the same race, without knowledge of the "frame-up." It interferes with the gambler's plans and he seeks some way to compel the withdrawal of Atta Boy. Learning that the last payment on the house is overdue, he buys up the claim and then threatens foreclosure if the horse is not "scratched." Lois is intimidated at first, but resolves to pin her faith to Atta Boy. At the last minute, Johnson learns that the horse will run and he conspires with several jockeys to "pocket" Atta Boy. Lois overhears and tries to reach Jim in the betting ring to tell him to "switch" the bets to Johnson's horse. As no women are permitted to enter the betting ring, she calls to him excitedly but cannot tell whether he has heard her. Atta Boy breaks the pocket and wins. Lois collapses, fearing Jim has switched the bet, but the latter had not understood the warning and the bet remained on the winning horse, with the money won they save the house and quit the race track forever.—Moving Picture World synopsis
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