Erin and Mary Ellen are in a rush to get to work on time. Mary Ellen complains that he expects her to do the duties of a full time nurse one day per week. When they get to work 2 dock worker whistle as they pass by. The sisters are turned off by their advances. Erin would fire them if they weren’t so short handed.
J.D. Pickett asks the Godsey’s to support his war bond effort. Ike suggests they hold a race whereas Corabeth wants to do something more cultural like a play by Noel Coward. J.D. prefers the race idea for the War Bond Rally. Ike suggests an idea he read about in a western magazine. J.D. gets excited aboutThe First Annual Jefferson County Ike and Corabeth Godsey Run and Ride Race”
Jeb, one of the trouble making dock workers comes into the office and complains about his back aching and needing to have his job switched to the assembly line. Mary Ellen questions about his quick recovery from the foot injury he complained about the previous week. Mary Ellen gives him the once over and says that he is perfectly fit to do his job. J.D. Pickett arrives and hears the man’s claims forcing J.D. to command Erin to find him a sit down job on the assembly line.
Erin and Mary Ellen arrive at the feed store to pick up some oats for her horse. They see a sign for the Run and Ride Race and notice that the first name on the list of entrants is Jeb and Sam, the loafers from the plant. Mary Ellen says they could easily beat them and possibly make some money as well.
At dinner Jim-Bob asks if they can borrow Mary Ellen’s horse for the race but the 2 sisters reply that they have already entered. When Erin learns that the race is a grueling 12 miles long she questions her ability but Mary Ellen says that they will begin training in the morning.
Early the next morning Mary Ellen wakes Erin who is resistant to get up at 6am. When Elizabeth complains about their noise she gets enlisted to be their trainer. She makes them run laps around the house as their first activity. Jim-Bob helps Elizabeth find the motivation to be hard on her sisters to help prepare them for the race. He finds an old stop watch and training book in the attic. She puts them to use and one of the activities is pushups. Erin complains when she is told she can’t do girl pushups and has to do the boy style. At dinner Elizabeth has ordered a special high protein meal for them that includes cottage cheese.
At work J.D. wants Erin to withdrawal from the race. He doesn’t want them embarrassing the plant. She was ready to quit but now is more determined than ever to win. They make a weeks wages bet that she won’t finish dead last.
Mary Ellen is out on her horse and Sam appears on his his. He bets their horses on which team will beat each other. Mary Ellen isn’t keen at first to accept but he eggs her into accepting his challenge.
The sister’s continue with their training and Elizabeth continues to push them. Their Daddy is concerned when he learns that they have bet wages and their horse which could have real consequences if they loose.
While the race is run relatively clean, Sam plays a dirty trick on Mary Ellen to get ahead of her horse. Team 6 wins the race and Sam crosses the finish line before Mary Ellen but Erin beats Jeb in the foot race. J.D. makes good on his promise of double wages for Erin and tells Jeb that he is back on the loading dock as of Monday since his back seemed just fine for the race. Mary Ellen pushes Sam into a water barrel for the dirty trick he played on her. Jim-Bob owes Elizabeth a book report for losing his bet. She says that the subject is on the collected works of Edgar Allen Poe. He reads a creepy passage out loud that night as they go to bed and wishes them all sweet dreams as he finishes.
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