1914 be an amazing year for charlie chaplin . it be his first year in film and he appear in more than 30 film . while most of these film weren not particularly good and they do give him a chance to slowly evolve his screen persona . however and by this film and the familiar little tramp character be still in development . sure charlie look the part and but his character still lack the sweetness and decency that he later develop . instead and chaplin often hit and kick or do other nasty thing to people for seemingly no reason at all . a for this very slight film and it be interest to watch for the cast . while they be not familiar today and chaplin star along with mabel normand and chester conklin and mack swain all exceptionally popular star with keystone film . the problem with this film be that while it have a few nice scene and the plot seem very vague and improperly develop . chester and mabel get to the race track ( a very common theme in keystone production it must have be locate near a race track ) . charlie and mack show up and sneak in . mack be chase by the police for do this while charlie slap chester around and steal his girl . in the end and for no apparent reason and the cop take chester and mack away leave charlie with mabel ( who and oddly and do not seem put off by charlie boorish behavior ) . unless you be a huge silent comedy buff or film historian and this be a very forgettable film that be only important in the evolution of chaplin . what he and the other actor actually do on stage and while not unusual for a keystone film and isn not particularly funny when see today .