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Go, Alec! More!
Ride 'em!
Throw the ring.
[laughs]
Got it.
[laughs]
Coming at ya!
Yeah?
Pass me that socket wrench, will ya?
Yeah.
Hey, Jake, do you... do you know what you're doing, here?
No.
But it's never stopped me before.
Throw it, Jackie.
Yeah!
Good one, Alec!
Catch!
Agh!
Whoa!
[Black whinnies]
Alec! Alec, are you all right?
Henry, come quick! It's Alec!
Hey!
Jake, come on.
Alec!
Alec, are you okay?
Is he all right?
I don't think he's breathing.
Maybe I should give him mouth-to-mouth resuscitation.
Never mind about resuscitation.
We've got to get him to the hospital!
No, no. Let her give me mouth-to-mouth.
[Henry] What?
I saw that in a rodeo once.
It always works there.
What am I gonna do with you?
[laughing]
♪ You hear it calling ♪
♪ You can't deny ♪
♪ 'Cause when it calls you know you're gonna fly ♪
[starting bells ringing]
♪ It's all around you ♪
♪ It fills your wings ♪
♪ You and I, We know the wind ♪
♪ It's you and I together ♪
♪ Racing with the wind ♪
♪♪ We spread our wings How we're gonna fly ♪
♪ And you and I together, We can find our dreams ♪
♪ You and I, We know the wind ♪
♪ You and I, We know the wind ♪
♪ You and I together, We can find our dreams ♪
♪ You and I, We know the wind ♪
♪ You and I, We know the wind ♪
[Crowd, chanting] Black! Black! Black!
[cheering]
[laughing]
I'll never forget the look on your face
that day, Henry Dailey.
Like a...like a hen who'd hatched a duck.
Oh, really? Really, really, really.
Yeah.
Let me tell you something, you didn't look so good, either.
Oh, I wasn't the one who passed out.
Hey, listen.
Things happen like that amongst friends.
[laughing]
What things, Henry?
Oh, Henry and I are just talking.
Yeah, something that happened years ago.
It has nothing to do with today.
Just relax a little there, Henry.
[Alec] Yeah, Henry. We're all guys here.
Oh.
So, how's my granddaughter this morning?
Fine.
[Henry] We're gonna have some breakfast.
Would you join us?
[Jake] Jackie never eats breakfast.
I'm gonna go check on the horses.
Uh, me, too.
I oughta go check on the Black.
Hey, wait up.
Jackie?
What's the matter? Wait up.
That's a fine boy you got there, Henry.
Thank you.
I bet he doesn't get into the kind of trouble
we did when we were young.
Nobody got into the kind of trouble
we got into when we were young.
[laughing]
Generally, it was just you bailing me out.
I was the wild one.
Yeah, you were the wild one,
because, unfortunately, you were the drunk one.
Mmm.
I didn't want to tell the children
that you were nibbling around in your father's...
still.
I don't think it's the kind of story that children should hear.
You're right.
Maybe we shouldn't talk about the good old days
like they were all that good.
But they weren't all that bad, either.
You know what, Jake?
I like you a heck of a lot better sober.
Same here.
What?
I feel a heck of a lot better.
You look better, too.
[laughs]
[horse whinnies]
Gah!
[laughing]
You're like night and day.
Just checkig your reflexes.
Maybe I should check yours.
Well, who's stopping you?
[woman] Alec!
Here.
I wanted to say goodbye before I left for my competition.
Yeah, well, um... Good luck.
Did I interrupt something?
No.
No probs.
I'm gonna go breeze the Johnson's mare.
Maybe I'll see you out there.
Sorry if I embarrassed you.
Oh, no. No.
We were just talking.
Of course you were.
You don't have to worry.
She likes you.
Oh, I'm not worried about anything.
Of course not.
Just be yourself.
Don't worry about acting foolish.
Try not to fall off of your horse.
[Black whickers]
[sighs]
Hey, I thought you said he was fast!
What are you, kidding me?
Watch it.
Well, hey, let's see them go!
All right, then.
Faster!
Come on, faster!
There.
What'd you think of that?
So how'd we look out there, Henry?
You look stupid out there.
That's how you look, stupid.
What's the big deal?
What's the big deal? Running the Black that hard!
You shouldn't have done that!
I was just giving him his head for a minute.
You already did that.
Then you did it again just to impress the girl.
I did not.
[Henry] Oh, yes, you did!
You know you shouldn't run a horse that hard
before a race!
What's the matter with you?
And you didn't even call the blacksmith.
Well, I--I forgot.
[Henry] Look, if you want to make goo-goo eyes at a girl,
do it on your own time!
You break down the Black,
that's a different matter.
[sighs]
How could you do that to me, Henry?
How could you do that to the Black?
I didn't mean to hurt him.
I wasn't going to.
I care about him.
I know you wouldn't hurt him, son.
I really know you care.
Let's just call it a general reminder, huh?
Oh, uh...
She is very pretty.
Yeah, I know.
[laughing, cavorting]
[car honking]
[chattering]
[man] Hey, hurry up, Jackie.
Don't take too long.
[man] What are we waiting for?
Is that your new boyfriend, Jackie?
Hey, Alec, these are my buds.
Hi.
So you coming, to?
Where?
To the hill to watch the fireworks with us tonight.
A real party.
Us?
You going, too?
Yeah. Come on, it'll be great.
No, I got stuff to do.
Still?
Yeah. You guys go ahead.
Have a good time.
Okay, see ya.
Hurry up, Jackie. We're gonna be late!
Let's go, Jackie.
[Man] Sure you don't wanna come? It's gonna be great!
C'mon, step on it, Billy. Let's go!
Why the long face?
I said, "Watch yourself,"
but I didn't say you couldn't have any fun.
I got stuff to do.
[fireworks going off]
[horse neighs]
[horse whinnies]
Let's go for a ride, horsie.
Jackie!
[drunken giggle]
What are you doing?
Oh!
Are you crazy?
He goes fast.
I wanna go fast.
[Henry] Alec!
Oh, no! [giggles]
Hey, Alec...
What's going on in here?
Nothing.
The Black just got spooked by something, that's all.
Uh-huh?
I see. It's all right now?
Oh, fine.
I'm just gonna stay here and make sure, though.
All right.
I'll see you in the morning.
What were you trying to do?
Jake, is this yours?
Nope.
Where'd you find it?
Next to the stable.
Well, don't look at me, Henry.
Are the old habits of yesterday
starting to creep back today?
Look, old friend, if I was drinking again,
I couldn't hide it.
You know that.
If I was drunk last night, I'd still be drinking this morning!
Yeah, I guess you're right.
Hi.
Hi.
So how's your head?
Fine.
Fireworks were great last night.
You should've come.
Well, I saw 'em from here.
Yeah, but it's not like lying on your back,
looking up at them.
Did you completely black out, or what?
You know you tried to ride the Black last night?
I did?
Holy...
I forgot that part.
I was pretty wasted by then.
Yeah, and then Henry showed up
and I had to cover for ya.
Thanks.
Come on.
Wow, what a party, man.
So, what's the point of getting drunk
if you end up forgetting about everything, anyways?
I didn't forget everything.
I remember that you kissed me last night...
and it was nice.
So why are you mad at me? I like to party sometimes.
I'm not, it's...
Listen, I was gonna run Sailor's Light this afternoon.
Maybe you want to give me some pointers?
Look, Henry and I have to go into town today.
Maybe later.
Okay.
Alec!
Yeah?
Let me talk to you for a minute.
Were you drinking in the barn last night?
Yeah. Yeah, I was.
What were you doing?
Trying to get a little buzz on to impress that girl?
No.
Don't you know that drinking just leads to a big hangover?
You jump into the bottle of ***,
and it doesn't solve anybody's troubles.
I don't have any troubles.
I just wanted to see how it felt.
All right, how did it make you feel?
Sick.
What?
It made me feel sick.
Sick? [laughs]
That's a good start...
for a finish.
[sighs]
You're late.
I made us a picnic.
We can go across to this little stream.
Well, first you better fix your saddle,
or else you're gonna be riding underneath your horse.
[giggling]
You're funny.
I'm not that funny.
Look, Jackie, we gotta talk.
You're drunk again, aren't you?
Maybe.
Hey, why don't u ride my horse?
I want to ride the Black.
No, you can't ride the Black.
We've already talked about this.
Henry found the bottle in the stable from last night.
You didn't tell on me, did you?
No, I said it was mine.
Get out!
You did?
Yeah.
For me?
Why'd you get drunk again?
I like it, that's why.
Why won't you let me ride the Black?
Because he wouldn't let you near him, for one thing.
Well, if I catch him out, can I ride him then?
Jackie, no!
Jackie.
Jackie!
Yee-haw!
Woo!
[Black brays]
Got you now!
[Black brays]
Ha! Ha!
Come on!
Don't be so stubborn!
Ha!
[Black brays]
Jackie, stop it!
No!
Oof!
Somebody help!
Henry!
Jackie?
Jackie...
Jackie?
Oh, no. Help!
[Black whinnies]
Jackie.
Little girl, you are very, very lucky.
Alec, would you please get him away from me?
Get me away from you?
I want to tell you something that I know.
[scoffs]
It wasn't Alec that was drinking in the barn
the other night,
it was you!
You told him!
No, he didn't!
He did something worse.
He covered up for ya.
Sure, you may not realize it,
but you might be an alcoholic.
And he was an alcover.
What's that?
That's somebody that covers up for somebody
that has a problem of drinking.
Sure, thinking everything was all right.
Nobody notices it.
No, you have no problems.
Everything's all right.
And that there's nothing wrong.
Well, nothing is wrong.
No, nothing is wrong.
You know, I did the same thing that Alec did for you.
I did it many years ago for a friend of mine
that I loved very much.
You know who it was?
Your grandfather.
Yeah, he was an alcoholic.
And I covered up for his drunkenness,
thinking all the time I was helping him.
You don't know me.
You don't know anything.
Little girl, I might not know anything about you,
but I can smell your breath.
[Black neig]
Black?
Alec, go see what that is.
Alec?
Could be a sprain.
Put some liniment on it, will ya?
Right away.
This all happened because of me.
Could be.
How's the Black?
Is he gonna be okay?
Alec...
Alec, I'm so sorry.
Look, I was just fooling around.
You really don't get it, do you?
It's just a sprain.
I lie for you,
you nearly get killed and he gets hurt,
and you want to pretend that nothing's happening?
I'm 15, how can I be an alcoholic?
I don't know.
but there are people who do know,
and as soon as you stop denying it--
Well, what do I do, just phone someone up
and say, "Hi, I drink too much,
and I can't stop?"
Yeah.
Yeah, that's t what you do.
I'm gonna be there.
I'll help you.
Huh?
Don't wait so long before you come visit us again.
Well, we've got the Challenge race
to take care of, you know?
I got my own challenge, Henry.
This could've happened to anybody.
Just--[stammers]
If she wasn't your granddaughter,
she could've become an alcoholic.
The only good thing about this whole thing
is that...
well, with the trouble you've had
and now with the trouble that she's going through,
at least you'll know what to do,
how to talk to her.
You'll be able to help her.
I won't let her waste all the years I wasted.
That's why I told you about it, Jacob.
I know you won't.
I saw you looking for me.
Yeah, well, I...
I just thought I'd...
What, say goodbye?
I'd have killed you if you hadn't.
So Henry said that you're gonna come back,
maybe next summer.
Yeah, uh...
I'm trying to talk him into next month.
Try next week.
Yeah, that'd be great.
Well...
Yeah, bye.
I'm nervous, 'cause I haven't had anything to drink.
Well, I guess that makes us even, then.
[Henry] All right, come on. Break it up.
We've gotta get going.
Well, um...
See you next summer.
Or next month.
Or even the day after tomorrow,
if I can talk him into it.
[car honks]