Corky's new friend Casey Perkins is a retired railroad engineer, and the circus needs a lift to Carson City or they'll lose their performance bond and go broke.

An old classmate of Joey's, Arthur, wants to marry an attractive widow, but her young son thinks that Arthur is boring. Joey cooks up a scheme to make Arthur look like a hero.

An old equestrian clown, Fritz Pheiffer, tries to convince Joey that he owns a farm. He's actually a stable boy, and when a horse is injured, the owner fires Fritz and he tries to rejoin the circus.