The Adventures of Champion
Season 1
TV-Y
The exploits of Champion, a wild stallion who befriends twelve year-old Ricky North in the American Southwest in the 1880's. Although Ricky, who lived on his Uncle Sandy's ranch, had a magnetic attraction for trouble, he was always rescued by the Wonder Horse, aided by the boy's other bosom companion, German shepherd dog, Rebel.
Where to Watch The Adventures of Champion • Season 1
26 Episodes
- The Saddle Tramp
E1The Saddle TrampEver wary of rustlers, Rebel, Champion and Ricky tree a saddle tramp (later to enthrall Ricky and amuse Sandy with tall tales). Nearby, Uncle Sandy and Sheriff Powers pursue four fleeing rustlers who nonetheless escape. Later at supper (and as Sandy feared), Will's tall tales of adventure inspire Ricky to track down the rustlers himself. - Crossroad Trail
E2Crossroad TrailA pair of ne'er-do-well ranch hands exude a negative influence at Colonel Putnam's ranch, pressuring the colonel's orphaned grandson, Josh, to steal his grandfather's money and buy a San Francisco gambling house. Ricky, visiting with Uncle Sandy, Rebel and Champ, overhears their plot and, in trying to keep clear of them, falls, sustains an injury, and goes blind, putting Josh at a crossroads of a decision. - Salted Ground
E3Salted GroundRicky meets Sally Custer, a girl whose kindly father owns the new grocery but who also bears a staunch history of gullibility. Ricky also runs across hornswogglers whose strange activity of shooting the ground leads Uncle Sandy to conclude they're creating false positives for a gold claim scam with Sally's father as the targeted dupe. - The Medicine Man Mystery
E4The Medicine Man MysterySandy investigates Ricky's wild tale of a medicine show operator who he saw stuff a small boy into a box. The Norths learn that Doc Terwilliger, the show's owner, is a ventriloquist who uses his dummy, Wilbur, to draw in crowds. A trio of jewel thieves find Wilbur fascinating as well, since their leader hid the gems from his latest heist in the dummy's stomach. - Renegade Stallion
E6Renegade StallionAn elderly prospector searching for gold finally strikes paydirt, but before he can file a claim, he is killed by a pair of drifters who stampede a wild horse herd over the man's body to hide evidence of their crime. The sheriff believes that Champion is a wild killer and tries to have him shot. Meanwhile Ricky and Sandy try to find the real killers. - Canyon of Wanted Men
E7Canyon of Wanted MenA crooked horse trader tries to get Sandy North and the other ranchers to sign a petition to allow him to round up all the wild horses in the valley. When the ranchers prove reluctant, the crooks break down the ranchers fences and accuse the herd of the destruction. While riding the range, Ricky and Lorna stumble onto the truth but are captured and held prisoner by the owlhoots. - Challenge of the West
E8Challenge of the WestIn the shrublands, Ricky meets a runaway named Les, the son of a convicted outlaw, whom everyone presumes to be a bad seed like his dad, Frank. Ricky defends the proud boy, bringing him to the North Ranch to work alongside him. Frank escapes prison with the help of a demanding and truly criminal ne'er-do-well, Duke. Together, they rob the ranch, only to be thwarted by Champion, Rebel, Ricky, Uncle Sandy, the sheriff's posse and Les himself. - Hangman's Noose
E10Hangman's NooseWhen a crooked ranch foreman discovers oil on a neighboring spread, he plots with a businessman to grab the property by killing one rancher and framing the other for the crime. When Ricky stumbles upon a pair of oil-soaked boots near the murder scene, he becomes the target for the real killers. - A Bugle for Ricky
E12A Bugle for RickyOutlaws conduct a daring daylight bank robbery under a local hero's homecoming. With Sheriff Thomas fatally wounded, he deputizes retired cavalry general Sarge Elwood, a disappointed father who just learned that his cavalry lieutenant son dropped his commission to be a veterinarian. - The Stone Heart
E13The Stone HeartHis time in prison almost up, counterfeiter Paul Kenyon didn't ask to be bust out of jail, but his confederates think otherwise. Champ sees all and brings Ricky into finding Paul, shot and left for dead. He persuades Ricky to help him hide before his partners return and finish him off. - The Deer Hunters
E14The Deer HuntersRicky tries to rescue a fawn from a snare and incurs the trappers' wrath. The men are trying to provide meat for a railroad construction crew but are wiping out the native game in the process. Ricky, Sandy and an Eastern conservationist try to convince the railroad construction boss to find a new source of meat for his men. - Johnny, Hands Up
E16Johnny, Hands UpFirst day on the job for new marshal Johnny Gray and the town brands him a coward (due to the marshal's guns loaded with bullets that won't fire). Unbeknownst to all: Johnny's also the son of an outlaw who used to ride with the Jay Bayless Gang. Initially impressed by Johnny, even Ricky finds his subsequent actions to be worth investigating. - Black Kachina
E17Black KachinaUsing a skull fossil, a malevolent medicine man means to rile his tribe to war against the white settlers. When Sandy telegraphs for cavalry intervention to thwart the impending uprising, the government instead sends a paleontologist to check out the medicine man's skull artifact. - Andrew and the Deadly Double
E21Andrew and the Deadly DoubleMary Jane, Ricky's young neighbor, is upset when she learns that Uncle Andrew, her newly appointed guardian, plans to sell the ranch she lives on and force her to move East with him. While Ricky and Sandy try to convince the Easterner of the virtues of ranch life, Mary Jane learns that the man is an impostor and is taken captive by a crooked land-grabbing lawyer. - Bad Men of the Valley
E22Bad Men of the ValleyAn ex-convict trying to go straight and his pretty wife buy the ranch next to the North's. He has a chance meeting with his former gang members who threaten his wife if he doesn't cooperate with their bank robbing scheme. Ricky, Champ and Rebel help the young man bring his former confederates to justice. - The Return of Red Cloud
E23The Return of Red CloudRed Cloud, an educated Indian, returns from Washington just as his father, Chief Running Bear, gears for war against all white men. Red Cloud and Sandy also strive against Mark Dabney, the corrupt government agent of Indian affairs siding with felonious homesteader Buck Edwards, going so far as to betray one of his own man to pin a murder charge on Red Cloud. - The Die-Hards
E25The Die-HardsRebel is hurt by a Porcupine and Ricky gets help for him from a new Southern Doctor who just arrived in town. However, persistent prejudices for Southerners that linger long after the civil war, engender hatred and turmoil for the Doctor and his Wife to endure until the prejudiced perpetrator's gunshot wound is treated by the doctor. - Calhoun Rides Again
E26Calhoun Rides AgainSaddle tramp Will Calhoun returns to the North Ranch to ask a favor: let him pretend to be the ranch owner for his visiting niece Abigail. Sandy has a better idea: buy up the deserted Bowman Ranch and become a real ranch owner and good neighbor. Unfortunately, it's the deserted ranch where outlaw Brock Stevens just hid stolen back money. Confronted by these outlaws, Will puts his storytelling abilities to the test to save Ricky and Sandy's lives.
