Won in the Stretch (1917)

George Hughes (Ed Brady) and Harry Cook (Robyn Adair) are millionaire owners of rival horse-racing stables. Jimmy Abbott (Martin G. Cox)is a jockey for Hughes and is secretly in love with Hughes' daughter, Mary (Louella Maxam), and he assures her he will do everything he can to win the big sweepstakes race. He wins and as Mary hands him a rose after the race, he understands that he is only a jockey and can not hope to win the love of a millionaire's daughter.