Lupino Lane and his rival propose to Winifred Delavente. Noting regretfully she can't marry them both, she proposes to marry whichever wins the walking race the next day.
We don't see the race in the copy the BFI has posted to their YouTube site. Alas, the copy seems to have been edited so severely that all continuity has been lost. What is left is a series of gag sequences which show fine construction, but because of the lack of context, aren't particularly funny. They do show off Lane's amazing acrobatic techniques -- for my tastes, he was one of the three best, along with Keaton and Clyde Cook -- with many a backwards roll and perfect timing as he neatly avoids Indian clubs and men on low-hanging trapeze bars. As it exists, however, it's largely of technical interest.
It's one of the "Nipper" comedies that Lane made in the Teens in the UK. In the 1920s, he would move to the US and star in some fine short subjects for Educational Pictures. With the coming of sound, he would move into features, then back to the United Kingdom, where he would become a West End star, capping his career with the long-running ME AND MY GIRL, in which he would tour for decades.