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Max falls in love with Mdlle. Dulcienne, owner of „Kismet,“ favourite for the Chantilly Grand Steeplechase. The lady views Max coldly. She is preoccupied on account of the forthcoming race. A disappointment awaits her. Her jockey falls ill, and it looks as if the favourite would have to be scratched. Max volunteers to ride Kismet to victory, and commences to get down weight by strenuous exercises. He fades away visibly under the treatment. The great day comes at last, and Max mounts Kismet. He has a fall, but, sustained by love, remounts, and comes in first. Emboldened by his success, he dares to speak of his love to Kismet's owner, and is told by that lady that she can never marry a thin man. Max starts from that day to fatten himself up. He eats and drinks prodigiously, but no sign comes to cheer his spirits, and his cheeks remain haggard and drawn. Eventually he fakes a little embonpoint. At this juncture the lady changes her mind, and declares that she will have Max thin and slender. Max, eagerly reducing his bulk, goes to his lady love, all elegance, charm and gaiety. (The Bioscope, Jan 30^th 1913)