The Kentucky Derby (1922)

Posing as relatives Ralph and Helen Gordon visit Col Moncrief Gordons Kentucky mansion hoping to marry Helen to the colonels son Donald The colonel agrees but Donald balks at the suggestion then reveals his secret marriage to Alice Brown The colonel turns them out and Ralph conspires with Bob Thurston to frame Donald for theft of Colonel Gordons wager money and to shanghai him After 3 years Donald discovers the source of his misfortune returns finds his wife hears of a plot against his fathers best racehorse wrings a complete confession from Thurston and saves the Derby for his repentant father