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The Prayer of a Horse or: His Life Story Told by Himself (1915)
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The Prayer of a Horse or: His Life Story Told by Himself (1915)

Short | Short, Drama

Dobbin is a horse raised in the mountains o£ Kentucky and be is supposed to tell the following story: Tom Collins, the owner of the horse, is in love with Dolly Gray. There is a feud between the Grays and Collins families. The horse sees ...See moreDobbin is a horse raised in the mountains o£ Kentucky and be is supposed to tell the following story: Tom Collins, the owner of the horse, is in love with Dolly Gray. There is a feud between the Grays and Collins families. The horse sees the father of Dolly approaching and tries to warn his master of his danger as he sits on a fallen log making love to the girl. The horse's warning consists of a little trick Tom has taught him: taking the handkerchief out of the pocket of his master. The warning is too late. Gray appears and is about to kill Tom, when Tom's father appears behind him and makes him drop his rifle. Gray disowns his daughter and tells her never to return to his home again. Gray is fairly wealthy. The Collins family are poor. Hard times come upon Tom, who is now married to Dolly. Tom is forced to sell the horse to a livery stable keeper named Tucker. We follow the career of the horse. He has many adventures, is forced to drag an undertaker's wagon and finally in later years is seen decrepit and cold, dragging a cart of an Italian peddler. One day in the city street, Dobbin stops dead still from exhaustion. A little girl, out with her nurse for a walk, sees the horse and angrily scolds the Italian peddler for beating him. The father of the girl sees the argument from the window; he goes down into the street to learn the trouble. Father and daughter turn out to be Tom Collins, who is now wealthy through a legacy of his dead uncle. Dolly, the mother, has died giving birth to the child. Tom Collins does not recognize the old horse but on the pleading of his daughter he buys him from the Italian peddler for ten dollars. Later her grandfather, Gray, invites her and her father up to his farm for the summer holidays. The child requests that the horse be taken along. Dobbin finally arrives back on the old farm where he was raised. He eventually succeeds in making his master recognize him by the old trick of taking out the handkerchief. The story ends happily for the horse as he hears his master remark that he will never part with him again. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less

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5 cast members

Name	Known for
Murdock MacQuarrie Tom Collins Tom Collins See fewer	Modern Times (1936)
Agnes Vernon Dolly Grey Dolly Grey See fewer	Queen of the Turf (1921)
William Dale Tom's Father Tom's Father See fewer	Barnyard (2006)
Albert MacQuarrie Dolly's Father Dolly's Father See fewer	The Viking (1928)
Dobbin the Horse Dobbin Dobbin See fewer	The Prayer of a Horse or: His Life Story Told by Himself (1915)