A typical farmer is shown leading a white horse into his barn. Two bunco-steerers steal it, one distracting the farmer's attention while the other leads the animal away past his elbow. The "sharps" paint the animal black and sell it back to the former owner. One makes love to the farmer's daughter. The father discovers the affair, and disguising himself in the girl's clothes drives with a company of neighbors to the appointed trysting place, where the "Rubes" merrily thrash the strangers.