The Cup Winner

The Cup Winner is a 1911 Australian silent film directed by Alfred Rolfe. It is set against a backdrop of horseracing and the finale involves real footage from the 1911 Melbourne Cup.

Richard Avendal is married with a young son. His wife is being blackmailed by a scoundrel who knows the wifes brother is in prison on a serious charge and demands money for his silence. Avendal sees his wife together with the backmailer and believes he has been unfaithful.Avendal divorces his wife and gives away their young baby son to an Italian organ grinder. The Italian places the baby in a training stable where he is found by the stables owner and adopted into his family. ........

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