"It is better to have loved and lost, than never to have loved at all," but the heart throbs and pain of it all, would make one believe that it is better never to have loved, than to have loved and lost. Jim Cowling loved a pretty, demure girl and was rewarded by losing her. "The Whip Hand" is a beautiful love drama filled with pathos and exciting situations, taken in the heart of God's country, among the hills and dales of Ithaca. N.Y.
—Moving Picture World synopsis