01x19 - Rails West
Posted: 03/09/24 21:12
♪ Champion, the wonder horse ♪
♪ Champion, the wonder horse ♪
♪ Like a streak of lighting
flashing across the sky ♪
♪ Like the swiftest arrow
whizzing from a bow ♪
♪ Like a mighty cannon
ball, he seems to fly ♪
♪ You'll hear about
him everywhere you go ♪
♪ The time will come when
everyone will know the name ♪
♪ Of Champion, the wonder horse ♪
[dramatic music]
[Champ neighing]
[Champ neighing]
- What's that blame mustang
trying to do us, Landers?
- Get us out of here I guess.
- Well, I'll get rid of him.
- Wait a minute, we can't afford that,
might attract some attention.
Get out of here!
[Champ neighing]
- That's Champ, something's bothering him.
[Rebel barking]
Let's see what it is.
- [Landers] Get out of here!
- Hey, cut it out!
What's going on here?
- Well, what's it to you?
- Well, in case you two don't know it,
prospecting isn't allowed
here, this is government land.
- Not anymore it isn't.
- What do you mean?
- Mister, for a stranger,
you ask too many questions.
- I'm no stranger, I'm Sandy North.
I've got a ranch over there.
- Well, then you better get back to it.
[dramatic music]
[Rebel growling]
- All right Rebel, let him go.
- Burk, Landers, what's going on here?
- Ask this North fella, he started it.
- I only got tough because they did.
Maybe you can explain to me
why they're prospecting
on government land.
- Prospecting?
Why, we're railroaders.
These men are testing rock
formations for the road bed.
- Railroad through Wild Horse Canyon?
- That's right, the
McNab railroad company.
I'm Mark Jessup,
superintendent of construction.
We've got a federal permit.
- [Sandy] That's strange.
I should think this route would
cost you more money than--
- Look Mr. North, I'm a railroad
man and you're a rancher.
I don't tell you how to raise cattle,
so suppose you don't tell
me how to build a railroad?
- Well, I didn't mean it that way.
- Mr. McNab, the president,
made the decision.
He'll be here tomorrow and if
we haven't made some headway,
he's not going to like it.
All right you two, get back to work.
[tense music]
- Uncle Sandy, if the
railroad comes through here,
what'll happen Champ and the herd?
This valley's their home.
- Well, we'll just have to find them
another home somewhere else.
- Then I'd never see Champ at all.
We've gotta get Mr. McNab
to pick some other route.
- Mr. McNab's a big business man, Ricky.
He's not gonna change his
plans because of a horse.
- But Champ isn't just any horse,
he's the king of this
valley, he belongs here.
- Well, you can see Mr. McNab
tomorrow if you want to,
but you'll just be wasting
your breath and his time.
- Now, don't worry, Champ.
I'll get Mr. McNab to
change that route, got to.
- I've juggled the figures
in the surveyor's report
so it looks like Wild Horse
Valley is the cheapest route.
- Good, we can start digging
for what we're really after soon as we--
- Mr. McNab?
- Yeah?
- I'm Ricky North.
I've got to talk to you
sir, it's about Champ.
- Champ who?
- Well, Champ's a stallion
that leads the wild herd.
He and are sort of friends and--
- What's this gotta do with us?
- Everything, if you put the railroad
through Wild Horse Valley,
the herd will have to be
moved, and I'll lose him.
- Just a minute, son.
How about starting at the beginning?
I didn't hear the first of this.
- Well, I was just trying
to President McNab--
- I'm the president, son.
This gentleman here is my cousin George.
He's the vice president.
- Oh, then you're the one
that can change the route, aren't you?
- You don't seriously
think we'd change our plans
for a fool horse?
- Champ isn't a fool horse.
He's smarter and stronger--
- Well, it just so happens
I'm quite a fancier of horses too,
and if this Champ is so remarkable,
maybe I ought to acquire him.
- You couldn't, Mr. McNab.
He won't let anybody ride him except me.
But come out to the valley
and see how wonderful and handsome he is.
- Matthew, this is an
absurd waste of time.
We've got reports to go over here.
- Oh George, Rome wasn't built
in a day, nor is a railroad.
As a matter of fact, I'd
like to see Wild Horse Valley
before I make any decisions.
- Let's go right now, Mr. McNab.
- But Matthew.
- We'll be back soon.
Come on, son.
[tense music]
- Matthew, go scouting
around Wild Horse Valley.
- He wouldn't be fool
enough to reroute that line
on account of that kid
and a horse, would he?
- No, but he might find out
it's not the cheapest route,
and we'd lose our chance to
sew up the mineral rights
to the gold we found there.
- Wait a minute.
With that wild herd out there,
it shouldn't be hard to discourage Matthew
from spending too much time
snooping around the valley.
Come on.
[peaceful music]
- There's the herd!
- That's a great sight to a horseman.
[Ricky whistles]
- There's Champ.
[Champ neighing]
- What a fine looking horse.
- Just watch.
Now, bow to Mr. McNab, Champ.
And now rear, Champ.
[Champ neighing]
- He's magnificent, Ricky.
- Just wait till you see him in action.
[tense music]
- Look, Matthew.
- Right where Burk and Landers
are going to stampede the wild herd.
[g*n firing]
- Stampede!
Take cover, Mr. McNab!
- If Matthew doesn't
get out of there quick.
[horses neighing]
- Well, cousin Matthew
got out of that one.
- Maybe so, but I'll bet he
isn't going to spend much time
exploring Wild Horse Valley after this.
- Mr. McNab, now that you've seen Champ,
won't you let him stay here
and put your railroad
through somewhere else?
- Ricky, you see all these plans here?
We worked a long time preparing them,
and we can't change them
without losing a lot of money,
even if we wanted to.
- Gosh, Mr. McNab,
there's plenty of places
where a railroads can go
besides Wild Horse Valley.
- Ricky.
- We heard about that
crazy bunch of mustangs
that stampeded, you all right, Matthew?
- [Matthew] Yes, but I've had
enough of Wild Horse Valley.
- But Mr. McNab!
- Ricky.
Ricky, you run along, I want
to talk to Mr. McNab a minute.
- Yes, sir.
- Those horses usually don't
behave like that, Mr. McNab.
Somebody spooked them.
I heard men yelling to
get them started running.
- What's the difference
how they got started?
The point is they're dangerous.
Just to keep them in the valley
is no reason to reroute the railroad.
- I agree to that of course.
- Well, there is one more point.
When you surveyed this area,
why'd you decide against Red Rock Canyon?
It's the most direct route,
the one the stageline uses.
- Red Rocky Canyon?
I didn't get a report on it.
- It was useless Matthew, we
didn't want to trouble you.
The survey reports are all here,
check the figures yourself.
- Well, I don't want to
argue with the figures,
but I should like to have
you ride out there with me
and look it over.
- All right.
I can't promise anything,
but I'll bring the surveyors
reports on Red Rocky Canyon
to your place so we can
go over them together.
- If he gets Matthew out to Red Rock--
- Well, he won't if we
can keep him busy enough.
- So long.
- So long.
- North and the kid think
so much of that horse
that if he got lost,
they wouldn't have time
for anything except looking for him.
- Blind chance of Champ getting lost.
- Well, I can fix that.
I'll get some of the
boys and we'll stalk him.
Look, you keep after a horse,
drive him away from his home range,
never give him a chance
to eat or drink or sleep.
- Then what?
- Nature takes care of the
rest, with a little help.
[dramatic music]
- Ain't that beast gonna
ever get tired, Mr. Jessup?
We've done lost two sets of
horses chasing him already.
- Landers is bringing
up some fresh mounts.
Let's keep after him.
My scheme is working all right.
- I didn't think it's possible
for any horse to go that
far without food or water.
- Hyah, hyah!
Hyah, hyah, hyah, hyah, hyah!
[gentle music]
- [Jessup] He's just
about ready to give up.
[tense music]
[Champ nickering]
- Well, Mr. Jessup, took us quite a while,
but he's good as lost now.
- And he's got to stay lost.
We want the Norths busy
looking for him a long time.
- When they find him, it'll be too late.
- [Jessup] Now, we better
put up a barricade here.
- Uncle Sandy, I went all over
the west end of the valley
today, Champ just isn't anywhere.
- Well, he's gotta be around somewhere.
You better wash up now
and get ready for supper,
it'll be ready in a minute.
- I don't want any Uncle
Sandy, just not hungry.
- Sandy, why don't you
give Rick a hand tomorrow,
and I'll scout Red Rock Canyon alone?
- Thank you, Mr. McNab.
Please come, Uncle Sandy.
I've got a feeling Champ's
in terrible trouble.
- We'll find him, Ricky.
There's lots of ground
we haven't covered yet.
[tense music]
[Rebel barking]
Well, here's some print,
but the horses were shod.
- Here's an unshod one, and it's Champ's.
- Are you sure?
- See that crack?
- Yeah.
- Champ has one in his right forehoof.
- Rebel, find Champ, go find Champ, Rebel.
Well, now that he's got a fresher scent,
maybe we'll have better luck.
- George, here's the
essay report, take a look.
- Boy, our gold mine is worth
three times what we thought.
- Well, when do we start mining?
- Just as soon as Matthew
okays construction
in Wild Horse Valley.
I've almost got him convinced
that Red Rock Canyon won't do.
- And the North's aren't
around to un-convince him.
I took care of that.
[tense music]
[Rebel barking]
- It looks like Rebel's really
on the track now, come on!
[Rebel barking]
- [Ricky] Look Uncle Sandy, it's Champ!
- I heard Rebel, did you find Champ?
- Champ.
It's me, Ricky.
He's hardly moving, Uncle Sandy.
You don't think he going to--
- Champion isn't king of
the herd for nothing, Ricky.
He's as rugged as they come,
and he's got a great heart.
He'll make it.
- You'll be all right now, Champ.
We're gonna make you strong again.
- How could Champ get trapped like this?
- Why, all of this the stuff
was dragged across here
to block the entrance,
you can tell by the marks in the dirt.
Somebody wanted to make sure
that Ricky and I had our
hands full finding Champ.
- Well, I've got an idea
it's the same somebody
who docked the reports on Red Rock Canyon.
- What?
- You were right, I made a thorough check
of every section of that area,
and I found George's
figures had been juggled.
- But we still don't know
what he stands to gain
from the Wild Horse Valley route.
- We'll find out, and when we
do, there's every prospect--
- Well, you just said
it Matthew, prospect.
When Champ is back on his feet,
you and I are going prospecting.
[dramatic music]
Hey, this doesn't look much
like building equipment.
Looks more like mining equipment.
- Gold pan, you think?
- Say, this is quartz,
wonder where it came from?
[tense music]
- Let's try that ledge up there.
- Been a lot of traffic here.
- No sign of quartz.
Sandy, look.
- This could be our answer.
- You were right Sandy,
this could be the answer.
- We're in trouble, McNab.
That cousin of yours and
North found the mine shaft,
and they're in it right now.
- They're inside?
- That's right, and I heard enough to know
they're suspicious of what you're up to.
- If they're inside,
they might not get out,
but we've got to hurry, come on.
[tense music]
Yeah, this is what I hoped for.
The horses are back there,
so they're still in the mine.
Let's go.
- What's your idea, George?
- Cousin Matthew's gonna have an accident
that could happen to anybody
exploring an old mine shaft.
Here, set this in the shaft mouth.
Be quick about it.
- With this ore, sh**t,
I'd say I was very rich.
- That accounts for George's whole scheme.
Using the railroad as a coverup
while digging for gold
in Wild Horse Valley.
[dynamite explodes]
[dramatic music]
- Let's get back to camp.
I'll ride into town in a little while
and report cousin Matthew missing.
[tense music]
Somebody's coming, get behind cover.
It's that North kid, and he's got Champ.
He may save us the trouble
of reporting the accident.
Better for us.
- Sounded like the expl*si*n
was right down there.
But there's Uncle Sandy's
horse, and Mr. McNab's.
Uncle Sandy!
[Rebel barking]
Go ahead, Champ.
What is it, Rebel?
They're inside?
[Rebel whimpering]
[Rebel barking]
Go Champ, pull!
Good boy, Champ!
Stay here.
[Champ neighing]
- You and Landers get down there, quick.
- Come on.
- Uncle Sandy!
- I guess I'm all right, but Matthew.
- What happened?
- All I know is it wasn't an accident.
[Rebel growling]
[Rebel barking]
- I'll go see what's bothering Rebel.
[Champ neighing]
- I think it's broken.
- Mr. Jessup's there, and Landers!
- You ought to have a g*n, Matthew.
- I got one.
- Well, can you hold it in your left hand?
- Indeed I can, as long as it's
pointed at George or Jessup.
- I can get those two in there,
you hold them long enough
for me to go get George.
Ricky, take cover behind those rocks.
[dramatic music]
[Champ neighing]
- It's a good thing you're here,
Matthew's in there and he's hurt bad.
- Is he still alive?
- I think so, but I don't
know how long he'll last.
Go see for yourselves.
[Rebel barking]
It's all right, Rebel.
[suspenseful music]
Hold it there, Champ.
- It's a trick, Matthew's
alive down there.
They're trapping Jessup and Landers.
[g*n firing]
[g*ns firing]
[men grunting]
[Rebel growling]
- Let him up now, Rebel.
- I wish Sandy'd hurry up,
but I don't care how long it takes,
as long as he catches up with George.
- [Sandy] All right
Matthew, let them come out.
- Looks like he's done it.
Keep your hands up and march.
[peaceful music]
- Can you make it, Mr. McNab?
- I wouldn't miss having
a few words with George
even if it k*lled me.
[Champ neighing]
[Ricky whistles]
- Here he comes.
[Champ neighing]
Champ, the valley is all yours!
- It most certainly is.
- What do you got there?
- Ah, this is a government permit
to let the railroad through here.
Thought I'd let Champ see me tear it up,
but I can't do much
tearing in my left hand.
- Rebel will take care of that
for you, just give it to him.
- Oh, you think so?
Here you are, Rebel.
[Ricky chuckles]
- Go on back to the herd
and tell them not to worry.
So long now, Champ!
[triumphant music]
♪ Champion, the wonder horse ♪
♪ Champion, the wonder horse ♪
♪ Like a streak of lighting
flashing across the sky ♪
♪ Like the swiftest arrow
whistling from a bow ♪
♪ Like a might cannon
ball he seems to fly ♪
♪ You'll hear about
him everywhere you go ♪
♪ The time will come when
everyone will know the name ♪
♪ Of Champion, the wonder horse ♪
♪ Champion, the wonder horse ♪
♪ Champion, the wonder horse ♪
♪ Like a streak of lighting
flashing across the sky ♪
♪ Like the swiftest arrow
whizzing from a bow ♪
♪ Like a mighty cannon
ball, he seems to fly ♪
♪ You'll hear about
him everywhere you go ♪
♪ The time will come when
everyone will know the name ♪
♪ Of Champion, the wonder horse ♪
[dramatic music]
[Champ neighing]
[Champ neighing]
- What's that blame mustang
trying to do us, Landers?
- Get us out of here I guess.
- Well, I'll get rid of him.
- Wait a minute, we can't afford that,
might attract some attention.
Get out of here!
[Champ neighing]
- That's Champ, something's bothering him.
[Rebel barking]
Let's see what it is.
- [Landers] Get out of here!
- Hey, cut it out!
What's going on here?
- Well, what's it to you?
- Well, in case you two don't know it,
prospecting isn't allowed
here, this is government land.
- Not anymore it isn't.
- What do you mean?
- Mister, for a stranger,
you ask too many questions.
- I'm no stranger, I'm Sandy North.
I've got a ranch over there.
- Well, then you better get back to it.
[dramatic music]
[Rebel growling]
- All right Rebel, let him go.
- Burk, Landers, what's going on here?
- Ask this North fella, he started it.
- I only got tough because they did.
Maybe you can explain to me
why they're prospecting
on government land.
- Prospecting?
Why, we're railroaders.
These men are testing rock
formations for the road bed.
- Railroad through Wild Horse Canyon?
- That's right, the
McNab railroad company.
I'm Mark Jessup,
superintendent of construction.
We've got a federal permit.
- [Sandy] That's strange.
I should think this route would
cost you more money than--
- Look Mr. North, I'm a railroad
man and you're a rancher.
I don't tell you how to raise cattle,
so suppose you don't tell
me how to build a railroad?
- Well, I didn't mean it that way.
- Mr. McNab, the president,
made the decision.
He'll be here tomorrow and if
we haven't made some headway,
he's not going to like it.
All right you two, get back to work.
[tense music]
- Uncle Sandy, if the
railroad comes through here,
what'll happen Champ and the herd?
This valley's their home.
- Well, we'll just have to find them
another home somewhere else.
- Then I'd never see Champ at all.
We've gotta get Mr. McNab
to pick some other route.
- Mr. McNab's a big business man, Ricky.
He's not gonna change his
plans because of a horse.
- But Champ isn't just any horse,
he's the king of this
valley, he belongs here.
- Well, you can see Mr. McNab
tomorrow if you want to,
but you'll just be wasting
your breath and his time.
- Now, don't worry, Champ.
I'll get Mr. McNab to
change that route, got to.
- I've juggled the figures
in the surveyor's report
so it looks like Wild Horse
Valley is the cheapest route.
- Good, we can start digging
for what we're really after soon as we--
- Mr. McNab?
- Yeah?
- I'm Ricky North.
I've got to talk to you
sir, it's about Champ.
- Champ who?
- Well, Champ's a stallion
that leads the wild herd.
He and are sort of friends and--
- What's this gotta do with us?
- Everything, if you put the railroad
through Wild Horse Valley,
the herd will have to be
moved, and I'll lose him.
- Just a minute, son.
How about starting at the beginning?
I didn't hear the first of this.
- Well, I was just trying
to President McNab--
- I'm the president, son.
This gentleman here is my cousin George.
He's the vice president.
- Oh, then you're the one
that can change the route, aren't you?
- You don't seriously
think we'd change our plans
for a fool horse?
- Champ isn't a fool horse.
He's smarter and stronger--
- Well, it just so happens
I'm quite a fancier of horses too,
and if this Champ is so remarkable,
maybe I ought to acquire him.
- You couldn't, Mr. McNab.
He won't let anybody ride him except me.
But come out to the valley
and see how wonderful and handsome he is.
- Matthew, this is an
absurd waste of time.
We've got reports to go over here.
- Oh George, Rome wasn't built
in a day, nor is a railroad.
As a matter of fact, I'd
like to see Wild Horse Valley
before I make any decisions.
- Let's go right now, Mr. McNab.
- But Matthew.
- We'll be back soon.
Come on, son.
[tense music]
- Matthew, go scouting
around Wild Horse Valley.
- He wouldn't be fool
enough to reroute that line
on account of that kid
and a horse, would he?
- No, but he might find out
it's not the cheapest route,
and we'd lose our chance to
sew up the mineral rights
to the gold we found there.
- Wait a minute.
With that wild herd out there,
it shouldn't be hard to discourage Matthew
from spending too much time
snooping around the valley.
Come on.
[peaceful music]
- There's the herd!
- That's a great sight to a horseman.
[Ricky whistles]
- There's Champ.
[Champ neighing]
- What a fine looking horse.
- Just watch.
Now, bow to Mr. McNab, Champ.
And now rear, Champ.
[Champ neighing]
- He's magnificent, Ricky.
- Just wait till you see him in action.
[tense music]
- Look, Matthew.
- Right where Burk and Landers
are going to stampede the wild herd.
[g*n firing]
- Stampede!
Take cover, Mr. McNab!
- If Matthew doesn't
get out of there quick.
[horses neighing]
- Well, cousin Matthew
got out of that one.
- Maybe so, but I'll bet he
isn't going to spend much time
exploring Wild Horse Valley after this.
- Mr. McNab, now that you've seen Champ,
won't you let him stay here
and put your railroad
through somewhere else?
- Ricky, you see all these plans here?
We worked a long time preparing them,
and we can't change them
without losing a lot of money,
even if we wanted to.
- Gosh, Mr. McNab,
there's plenty of places
where a railroads can go
besides Wild Horse Valley.
- Ricky.
- We heard about that
crazy bunch of mustangs
that stampeded, you all right, Matthew?
- [Matthew] Yes, but I've had
enough of Wild Horse Valley.
- But Mr. McNab!
- Ricky.
Ricky, you run along, I want
to talk to Mr. McNab a minute.
- Yes, sir.
- Those horses usually don't
behave like that, Mr. McNab.
Somebody spooked them.
I heard men yelling to
get them started running.
- What's the difference
how they got started?
The point is they're dangerous.
Just to keep them in the valley
is no reason to reroute the railroad.
- I agree to that of course.
- Well, there is one more point.
When you surveyed this area,
why'd you decide against Red Rock Canyon?
It's the most direct route,
the one the stageline uses.
- Red Rocky Canyon?
I didn't get a report on it.
- It was useless Matthew, we
didn't want to trouble you.
The survey reports are all here,
check the figures yourself.
- Well, I don't want to
argue with the figures,
but I should like to have
you ride out there with me
and look it over.
- All right.
I can't promise anything,
but I'll bring the surveyors
reports on Red Rocky Canyon
to your place so we can
go over them together.
- If he gets Matthew out to Red Rock--
- Well, he won't if we
can keep him busy enough.
- So long.
- So long.
- North and the kid think
so much of that horse
that if he got lost,
they wouldn't have time
for anything except looking for him.
- Blind chance of Champ getting lost.
- Well, I can fix that.
I'll get some of the
boys and we'll stalk him.
Look, you keep after a horse,
drive him away from his home range,
never give him a chance
to eat or drink or sleep.
- Then what?
- Nature takes care of the
rest, with a little help.
[dramatic music]
- Ain't that beast gonna
ever get tired, Mr. Jessup?
We've done lost two sets of
horses chasing him already.
- Landers is bringing
up some fresh mounts.
Let's keep after him.
My scheme is working all right.
- I didn't think it's possible
for any horse to go that
far without food or water.
- Hyah, hyah!
Hyah, hyah, hyah, hyah, hyah!
[gentle music]
- [Jessup] He's just
about ready to give up.
[tense music]
[Champ nickering]
- Well, Mr. Jessup, took us quite a while,
but he's good as lost now.
- And he's got to stay lost.
We want the Norths busy
looking for him a long time.
- When they find him, it'll be too late.
- [Jessup] Now, we better
put up a barricade here.
- Uncle Sandy, I went all over
the west end of the valley
today, Champ just isn't anywhere.
- Well, he's gotta be around somewhere.
You better wash up now
and get ready for supper,
it'll be ready in a minute.
- I don't want any Uncle
Sandy, just not hungry.
- Sandy, why don't you
give Rick a hand tomorrow,
and I'll scout Red Rock Canyon alone?
- Thank you, Mr. McNab.
Please come, Uncle Sandy.
I've got a feeling Champ's
in terrible trouble.
- We'll find him, Ricky.
There's lots of ground
we haven't covered yet.
[tense music]
[Rebel barking]
Well, here's some print,
but the horses were shod.
- Here's an unshod one, and it's Champ's.
- Are you sure?
- See that crack?
- Yeah.
- Champ has one in his right forehoof.
- Rebel, find Champ, go find Champ, Rebel.
Well, now that he's got a fresher scent,
maybe we'll have better luck.
- George, here's the
essay report, take a look.
- Boy, our gold mine is worth
three times what we thought.
- Well, when do we start mining?
- Just as soon as Matthew
okays construction
in Wild Horse Valley.
I've almost got him convinced
that Red Rock Canyon won't do.
- And the North's aren't
around to un-convince him.
I took care of that.
[tense music]
[Rebel barking]
- It looks like Rebel's really
on the track now, come on!
[Rebel barking]
- [Ricky] Look Uncle Sandy, it's Champ!
- I heard Rebel, did you find Champ?
- Champ.
It's me, Ricky.
He's hardly moving, Uncle Sandy.
You don't think he going to--
- Champion isn't king of
the herd for nothing, Ricky.
He's as rugged as they come,
and he's got a great heart.
He'll make it.
- You'll be all right now, Champ.
We're gonna make you strong again.
- How could Champ get trapped like this?
- Why, all of this the stuff
was dragged across here
to block the entrance,
you can tell by the marks in the dirt.
Somebody wanted to make sure
that Ricky and I had our
hands full finding Champ.
- Well, I've got an idea
it's the same somebody
who docked the reports on Red Rock Canyon.
- What?
- You were right, I made a thorough check
of every section of that area,
and I found George's
figures had been juggled.
- But we still don't know
what he stands to gain
from the Wild Horse Valley route.
- We'll find out, and when we
do, there's every prospect--
- Well, you just said
it Matthew, prospect.
When Champ is back on his feet,
you and I are going prospecting.
[dramatic music]
Hey, this doesn't look much
like building equipment.
Looks more like mining equipment.
- Gold pan, you think?
- Say, this is quartz,
wonder where it came from?
[tense music]
- Let's try that ledge up there.
- Been a lot of traffic here.
- No sign of quartz.
Sandy, look.
- This could be our answer.
- You were right Sandy,
this could be the answer.
- We're in trouble, McNab.
That cousin of yours and
North found the mine shaft,
and they're in it right now.
- They're inside?
- That's right, and I heard enough to know
they're suspicious of what you're up to.
- If they're inside,
they might not get out,
but we've got to hurry, come on.
[tense music]
Yeah, this is what I hoped for.
The horses are back there,
so they're still in the mine.
Let's go.
- What's your idea, George?
- Cousin Matthew's gonna have an accident
that could happen to anybody
exploring an old mine shaft.
Here, set this in the shaft mouth.
Be quick about it.
- With this ore, sh**t,
I'd say I was very rich.
- That accounts for George's whole scheme.
Using the railroad as a coverup
while digging for gold
in Wild Horse Valley.
[dynamite explodes]
[dramatic music]
- Let's get back to camp.
I'll ride into town in a little while
and report cousin Matthew missing.
[tense music]
Somebody's coming, get behind cover.
It's that North kid, and he's got Champ.
He may save us the trouble
of reporting the accident.
Better for us.
- Sounded like the expl*si*n
was right down there.
But there's Uncle Sandy's
horse, and Mr. McNab's.
Uncle Sandy!
[Rebel barking]
Go ahead, Champ.
What is it, Rebel?
They're inside?
[Rebel whimpering]
[Rebel barking]
Go Champ, pull!
Good boy, Champ!
Stay here.
[Champ neighing]
- You and Landers get down there, quick.
- Come on.
- Uncle Sandy!
- I guess I'm all right, but Matthew.
- What happened?
- All I know is it wasn't an accident.
[Rebel growling]
[Rebel barking]
- I'll go see what's bothering Rebel.
[Champ neighing]
- I think it's broken.
- Mr. Jessup's there, and Landers!
- You ought to have a g*n, Matthew.
- I got one.
- Well, can you hold it in your left hand?
- Indeed I can, as long as it's
pointed at George or Jessup.
- I can get those two in there,
you hold them long enough
for me to go get George.
Ricky, take cover behind those rocks.
[dramatic music]
[Champ neighing]
- It's a good thing you're here,
Matthew's in there and he's hurt bad.
- Is he still alive?
- I think so, but I don't
know how long he'll last.
Go see for yourselves.
[Rebel barking]
It's all right, Rebel.
[suspenseful music]
Hold it there, Champ.
- It's a trick, Matthew's
alive down there.
They're trapping Jessup and Landers.
[g*n firing]
[g*ns firing]
[men grunting]
[Rebel growling]
- Let him up now, Rebel.
- I wish Sandy'd hurry up,
but I don't care how long it takes,
as long as he catches up with George.
- [Sandy] All right
Matthew, let them come out.
- Looks like he's done it.
Keep your hands up and march.
[peaceful music]
- Can you make it, Mr. McNab?
- I wouldn't miss having
a few words with George
even if it k*lled me.
[Champ neighing]
[Ricky whistles]
- Here he comes.
[Champ neighing]
Champ, the valley is all yours!
- It most certainly is.
- What do you got there?
- Ah, this is a government permit
to let the railroad through here.
Thought I'd let Champ see me tear it up,
but I can't do much
tearing in my left hand.
- Rebel will take care of that
for you, just give it to him.
- Oh, you think so?
Here you are, Rebel.
[Ricky chuckles]
- Go on back to the herd
and tell them not to worry.
So long now, Champ!
[triumphant music]
♪ Champion, the wonder horse ♪
♪ Champion, the wonder horse ♪
♪ Like a streak of lighting
flashing across the sky ♪
♪ Like the swiftest arrow
whistling from a bow ♪
♪ Like a might cannon
ball he seems to fly ♪
♪ You'll hear about
him everywhere you go ♪
♪ The time will come when
everyone will know the name ♪
♪ Of Champion, the wonder horse ♪
♪ Champion, the wonder horse ♪