A fellow who is dissatisfied with the food that his kind wife gives him to eat, remonstrates with her, and starts out to purchase some horse meat. When he returns his wife cooks it and he sits down and makes a hearty meal of it. He eats so much, however, that he is distressed, and starts out, thinking a little exercise will help him. Suddenly he is seized with a fit and acts exactly like a spirited horse. Running down the street, he sees a wagon standing at the curb, so takes hold of the fills and dashes away at a great rate through the city streets, followed by a large crowd. He smashes into two peddlers' carts, upsetting their wares all over the street, and then runs down a nursemaid pushing a perambulator. Next he dashes down a hill and through a fence and upsets a lot of washer women hanging out their clothes. Still galloping on at a great rate, he goes up a flight of stairs and makes for the river, where he jumps in and hauls the wagon through on to the opposite side. He continues on down the street and smashes through the wall in the police station, wrecking the building and throwing the debris over the surprised officers. They seize him, and while he kicks and scrambles they carry him to the hospital, where he is relieved and brought to his senses by a doctor. His wife and little girl then rush in and take him home, after he expresses his thanks to all hands for the services rendered him.