Tex Benton, riding across the country, sees a turtle, catches a jack rabbit and tests out the old fable of the tortoise and the hare; when the rabbit wins, Tex vows to model his behavior on that style. In a border town, he rescues an Indian, "Bat," and the two become friends. In Wolfville, Tex enters a rodeo. Meanwhile, a stalled Eastern train carries Alice Marcum, the girl Tex decides he wants. Tex competes with an Easterner for the girl's attentions, but Tex, the "hare," loses to the Eastern tenderfoot, the "tortoise." Tex then concludes that he is not the marrying kind.
Tom Mix
as Tex Benton
Gloria Hope
as Alice Marcum
Charles K. French
as Wolf River Mayor
Sid Jordan
as Jack Purdy
Bob Walker
as Winthrop Endicott
Pat Chrisman
as 'Bat,' a Half-breed