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- THE FIELD IS MOVING IN NOW TOWARD THE STARTING LINE.
AND WE'RE ALMOST READY FOR THIS HISTORIC RENEWAL
OF THE GOLD CUP.
MR. WAVERLY-KNIGHT MOVES INTO POSITION WITH BRIMSTONE.
SUDDEN FLIGHT IS RIGHT ALONGSIDE.
WAR MAID AND ARCH DUKE SLOWLY WALKING
TOWARD THE STARTING LINE.
AND THE FLAG IS UP.
THE FIELD POISED FOR THE GOLD CUP.
AND THEY'RE OFF.
MOONMAY FIRST AWAY. BRIMSTONE OUT FAST.
AND DONEGAL LEADS CLEARING THE FIRST FENCE.
DONEGAL AND BRIMSTONE BATTLING.
AND THE FIELD'S REACHED ACROSS LENGEL'S FLAT
TOWARD THE SECOND FENCE.
IT'S BRIMSTONE WITH DONEGAL AND ARCH DUKE RIGHT AT HIM.
BRIMSTONE WITH A TWO-LENGTH LEAD.
ARCH DUKE MOVING UP BOLDLY AND WAR MAID COMING ON.
UP AND OVER WITH ARCH DUKE RUNNING AT BRIMSTONE.
BUT THE FAVORITE RESPONDS TO WAVERLY-KNIGHT'S URGING
AND DRAWS OUT AT THE THIRD FENCE,
WHERE IRISH FLAG REFUSES, DUMPING RIDER RAYDER
INTO THE BRUSH AS THE FIELD MOVES TO THE FOURTH FENCE.
AND THIS FOURTH FENCE IS ONE THAT TESTS THE RESOURCES
OF BOTH HORSES AND RIDERS.
THE GRUELING SULLIVAN SLOPE
WITH ITS FENCE PERCHED RIGHT AT THE SUMMIT
AND A GRINDING UPHILL RUN TO THE HEAD.
GOLD CUP FIELD SWEEPS UP THAT SLOPE
RUSHING TO THE FENCE.
UP AND OVER.
WAVERLY-KNIGHT MASTERFULLY RIDING BRIMSTONE,
COUNTING HIS WAY TO THE FIFTH FENCE IN FRONT.
SOARING OVER.
AND NOW ARCH DUKE IN THE FIELD HAS CAUGHT BRIMSTONE.
AND SAIL ON BY AS THEY SWEEP PAST THE SIXTH FENCE.
AND BRIMSTONE GOES DOWN.
THE FAVORITE HAS FALLEN.
RIDER WAVERLY-KNIGHT ROLLS CLEAR OF HIS FALLEN HORSE.
BRIMSTONE IS UP, BUT HE IS OBVIOUSLY HURT.
BRIMSTONE IS INJURED.
WAR MAID, MEANWHILE, TAKES THE LEAD
GOING TO THE SEVENTH FENCE
WITH ARCH DUKE CLOSING GROUND RAPIDLY ON THE OUTSIDE
AND NOW DONEGAL COMING ON WITH A POWERFUL RUSH.
IT'S WAR MAID AND ARCH DUKE HEAD AND HEAD.
BUT THAT'S DONEGAL GOING FOR AND GETTING THE LEAD.
- WELL, HOW'S HE LOOK, SON? - HI, DAD.
DAD, MAYBE IF WE GIVE THAT LEG A LITTLE MORE TIME,
IT'LL COME AROUND.
- IT'S NO USE, GORDON.
I'VE SEEN IT BEFORE.
NOT ONCE IN A HUNDRED TIMES CAN YOU RETURN A TOP HORSE
TO TOP FORM AFTER HE'S BOWED A TENDON.
THERE'S ONLY THING TO DO, GORDON,
WE'LL SEND HIM OVER TO THE AMISH HORSE FAIR
IN NEW HOLLAND.
THOSE AMISHMEN KNOW HORSES
AND THEY HAVE THE TIME, THE PATIENCE, AND THE KNOWLEDGE,
TO GIVE THIS HORSE EXACTLY THE CARE THAT HE NEEDS.
- BUT YOU CAN'T BE SURE ONE OF THE AMISH WILL BUY IT.
- I WOULDN'T WORRY ABOUT THAT, SON.
THOSE AMISH ARE GOOD HORSEMEN.
THEY'LL RECOGNIZE BRIMSTONE'S QUALITY INSTANTLY.
OH, HE'LL BE IN GOOD HANDS, GORDON, BELIEVE ME.
IT MAY BE THAT WE'RE DOING BRIMSTONE
THE FAVOR OF A LIFETIME.
- WELL, I-- I HOPE YOU'RE RIGHT, DAD.
narrator: IN THE AMISH COUNTRY OF PENNSYLVANIA,
WHERE PLEASURES AND EXCITEMENTS ARE SCARCE,
THE BIG ATTRACTION IS THE NEW HOLLAND
WEEKLY SALE AND HORSE AUCTION.
A FAR CRY FROM THE GLOSSY LIFE
BRIMSTONE KNEW AT BROAD TREE FARM,
THIS IS THE WORLD OF THE PLAIN PEOPLE,
WHERE A HORSE IS EXPECTED TO WORK AS HARD AS HIS MASTER.
HERE, THE AMISH FARMERS,
SOME OF THE WORLD'S KEENEST HORSE TRAINERS,
COME TO BUY AND SELL.
OR JUST LOOK AND VISIT.
EVEN JONATHAN LANFORD, THE BISHOP OF HIS COMMUNITY,
AND HIS DAUGHTER BARBARA,
JOIN THEIR NEIGHBORS AT THE NEW HOLLAND SALE.
YOU NEVER CAN TELL WHEN A BARGAIN MAY POP UP--
EVEN FOR A BISHOP.
THE AMISHMAN IS STRONG OF CHARACTER.
BUT IF EVERY MAN HAS HIS WEAKNESS,
THEN THE AMISHMAN IS A PUSHOVER FOR A BARGAIN HORSE.
- ALL RIGHT, BOYS, WE HAVE A, UH, CHESTNUT WORKHORSE HERE NOW.
HE'S SMOOTH-MOUTHED. HE RIDES AND DRIVES.
WHAT WILL YOU GIVE HERE? ANYBODY GIVE $50?
THANK YOU. $60.
[auctioneer speaking rapidly]
SOLD. AMOS SCHWARTZ, THE BUYER, $75.
THANK YOU, SIR. $75. SCHWARTZ, THE BUYER.
ALL RIGHT, WELCOME, BOYS. NEXT HORSE.
narrator: THE HORSES COME IN ALL SIZES AND COLORS,
THE STRONG AND WILLING, AND THE LAME.
- SAY, HERE'S SOMETHING NOW,
WE HAVE A CONSIGNMENT FROM THE BROAD TREE FARM.
A FIVE-YEAR-OLD GELDING HERE. COMING FIVE NOW.
BEAUTIFUL GELDING HERE BRED IN THE PURPLE.
YOU CAN SEE, BOYS, HE'S HAD A LITTLE PROBLEM THERE.
BUT A LITTLE TENDER-LOVING CARE WILL TAKE CARE OF IT.
BEAUTIFUL FIVE-YEAR-OLD HERE.
BRED IN THE PURPLE AND LOOKS THE PART.
WHAT WILL YOU GIVE FOR HIM? STARTING ALONG, BOYS.
ANYBODY GIVE $300 FOR HIM? ANYBODY GIVE $300?
WELL, $200 THEN. ALL RIGHT, $125, $130.
[auctioneer speaking rapidly]
BOYS, BOYS, THINK ABOUT THIS NOW.
- FATHER, ISN'T HE BEAUTIFUL?
- A LITTLE ACCIDENT LIKE THAT
AND WE'RE JUST--JUST LOOKING OUT THE WINDOW.
- THAT'S A NICE HORSE, ALL RIGHT.
PUT TOGETHER REAL FINE. SHOWS HIS BREEDING.
- HEY, BOYS, WOULD YOU THINK ABOUT THIS ONE MORE TIME?
A BEAUTIFUL HORSE LIKE THIS
AND WE'RE JUST PENALIZING THE DAYLIGHTS OUT OF HIM.
YOU ALL ARE BUYING HIM. LET'S GO.
[auctioneer speaking rapidly]
AT $165. WOULD YOU SAY $170 OVER THERE?
[auctioneer speaking rapidly]
THANK YOU. NOW $170.
- FATHER, LET'S BUY HIM.
- OH, HE'D BE A LOT OF WORK, BARBARA.
THERE'S THAT TENDON TO BE FIXED.
THEN HE'D HAVE TO BE HARNESS BROKE.
HE'D BE A LOT OF TROUBLE. - I KNOW. BUT WE COULD DO IT.
AND YOU KNOW HOW TO CURE HIM, I KNOW YOU DO.
- AT $172. HOW ABOUT IT, $175?
[auctioneer speaking rapidly]
- WE COULD BREAK HIM WITH A HARNESS EASY.
HE'D BE A FINE HORSE. - HOLD ON THERE, YOUNG LADY.
WHO SAID ANYTHING ABOUT WE?
I'VE GOT ENOUGH TO DO.
IF THERE'S ANY FIXING AND BREAKING TO DO,
YOU GOT TO DO IT.
- FATHER, DO YOU MEAN WE CAN?
- WELL...
[auctioneer speaking rapidly]
$180. - $180 NOW HIGH. THANK YOU.
[auctioneer speaking rapidly]
RIGHT UP THERE, $180. JONATHAN LANFORD.
THANK YOU, SIR. $180. [speaking indistinctly]
narrator: JONATHAN FOUND HIS BARGAIN HORSE.
THE ONCE PROUD BRIMSTONE.
SOLD FOR LESS THAN THE PRICE OF A SADDLE AND BRIDLE.
THE UNPREDICTABLE WORLD OF RACING.
AND SO BRIMSTONE BEGINS A JOURNEY THROUGH TIME
FROM THE NEW WORLD TO THE WORLD OF THE AMISH.
ANOTHER WORLD AND ANOTHER LIFE AS FAR REMOVED
FROM THE PLUSH STABLES OF BROAD TREE FARM
AS THE POLES OF THE EARTH.
TO A PEOPLE WHO SHUN THE VAIN AND PRIDEFUL WAYS,
WHO FAVOR THE SIMPLE AND UNADORNED.
BRIMSTONE OF BROAD TREE FARM COMING TO HIS NEW HOME
WITH THE LANFORDS.
YESTERDAY, A HORSE IN GAY COLORS,
NOW TO BE AN AMISH HORSE,
A HORSE IN PLAIN CLOTHES.
- HERE THEY COME.
I SAW THEM.
- LOOK, FATHER'S GOT A NEW HORSE!
- HEY.
- WHOA. WHOA.
[Brimstone chuffs]
- NOW, YOU KIDS STAND BACK THERE.
- HE'S BRIMSTONE. HE'S OUR NEW HORSE.
HOW DO YOU LIKE HIM?
- BEAUTIFUL HORSE. - BEAUTIFUL HORSE.
- HE'LL BE THE BEST HORSE WE EVER HAD,
BUT YOU'VE GOT TO HELP ME WITH HIM.
COME ON, BOY.
[cow lows]
OH, THANK YOU, FATHER.
[cow lows]
[children laughing]
OKAY. HOLD IT. COME ON, SARAH.
WHERE'S THAT BOX I ASKED FOR? COME ON.
- I HOPE THIS IS ALL RIGHT. AH.
- WELL, WE'LL SEE. HERE, YOU HOLD BRIMSTONE.
WE'LL FIND OUT. - WHOOPS.
- RIGHT THERE.
- HERE'S SOME HOT WATER AND BRAN FOR A POULTICE, BARBARA.
- THANK YOU, FATHER.
- THAT'LL HELP ALONG WITH EVERYTHING ELSE
YOU'VE DONE TO GET THE FEVER OUT OF THAT BOWED TENDON.
- I THINK SO.
- IT'S SOMETHING WE'VE ALWAYS DONE.
HOW'S HE COMING ALONG? - WELL, PRETTY WELL.
narrator: A SOFT VOICE, AND A GENTLE HAND,
AND THE FIRST HOT POULTICE TO REDUCE THE FEVER.
BRAN FROM WHEAT OF THEIR OWN FIELDS.
AND WATER FROM THE STREAM.
THE AMISH BELIEVE MOST IN WHAT GOD'S EARTH PROVIDES.
WHAT NATURE CREATED, NATURE WILL HEAL...
WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM THE PATIENT
AND THE CONFIDENT SKILL OF THE PRETTIEST HORSE DOCTOR
IN LANCASTER COUNTY.
AFTER WEEKS OF CONSTANT CARE,
THE POULTICES ARE OFF AND THE BOWED TENDON IS HEALING,
RUBBED WITH AN AMISH BREW OF NATURAL HERBS AND OILS.
THE AMISH HAVE LONG KNOWN THE CURATIVE POWERS OF WATER.
SWIRLING STIMULATION OF A FLOWING STREAM,
BUILDING STRENGTH AND MENDING TISSUES.
BRIMSTONE'S ZEST FOR LIFE AND HUMAN AFFECTION
IS RETURNING.
AND THE TREATMENT GOES ON.