Claude Hooper Bukowski of Oklahoma is sent off to New York City after being drafted into the Army ( "Aquarius"). Before his draft board-appointment, Claude begins exploring New York, where he encounters a close-knit "tribe" of hippies panhandle from a trio of horseback riders including Short Franklin ( "Sodomy") and later catches and mounts a runaway horse, which the hippies have rented, exhibiting his riding skills to Shelia (" Donna") before then returning the horse to Berger, who offers to show him around.
