Jack Lane is returning from the East after an unsuccessful attempt to obtain a loan to pay off the mortgage on his father's ranch. On the train, he meets Ellen Rand, who is smitten at the sight of her first real cowboy. Later he learns that she is the nurse who is to care for his paralytic father, growing weaker at the prospect of losing his ranch. Jack plans to enter the local rodeo to earn the money, though Morton Kane, who holds the mortgage and has secretly discovered oil on the ranch, plots with his son Ross to keep him from the events. He is waylaid by Kane's men but escapes and races for the rodeo in Kane's car; and with Ellen's help he arrives in time to win the relay and bucking events. The ranch is thus saved, Jack's father recovers, and Jack is united with Ellen.