Written as a starring vehicle for the actor Charles Richman,[1] the work's plot was loosely adapted from several short stories written by Gray about fox hunts and horses which were published in the short story collections Gallops (1898) and Gallops II (1903);[2] both by the publisher The Century Company.
[3] Set on Long Island, the plot begins with Nell Colfax tricking Jack Hemingway into participating in a fox hunt, a sport he knows nothing of, by inviting him to join her on a hike.
Everyone mistakes him for his cousin, also named Jack Hemingway, who is a famous jockey that won the Steeplechase.
[2] Richman starred as Jack Hemingway, and Nell Colfax was portrayed by Frances Starr.
Richman also directed the production and the play was produced by William H. Reynolds.