Letter -- Traveling down the Ohio River -- My journal, by Ruby Payne -- Unable to sleep; -- On the streets of Louisville -- River City showdown -- Churchill downs -- Stunned disbelief -- Game begins -- Rube Waddel show -- Horses, horses, everywhere! -- Learned in Louisville -- Ben Brush! -- Coming back! -- Ninth inning -- Now or never -- Three outs to go -- Victory burgoo -- Scrape shares -- Absolute truth.

The trip to Chicago for Griffith, Ruby, and Graham becomes an adventure in itself after they realize their Uncle Owen has gone missing and the Chancellor has set his sights on the money the Travelin' Nine have been trying to raise.