A Navajo chief chooses a man for his daughter -- the IMDb says it's Gene Gauntier, while the Eye Institute, which has posted a copy of the film to its site on Youtube, says it's Jane Wolfe -- by having three suitors run a footrace; apparently every Navajo wants to have a son-in-law who's a field and track star. The winner is not the girl's daughter. When her horse is stolen, though, the equation changes in this Kalem short film.Director Sidney Olcott apparently figured that this variation on the sort of fairy tale in which a king offers his daughter and half his kingdom for a knight who will accomplish some task, would appeal to the movie audience. It's adequately written and acted for the era, although Kalem's competitors were changing the standards rapidly. The camera-work is up to the high standards of Kalem's unnamed directors of photography.