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Hart vows he will capture him for his own. There is an exciting chase as the wild pony, maddened by fear, makes a dash for freedom. Hart succeeds, however, in lassoing him, and later a lasting friendship springs up between the two, which continues through five long reels and is replete with thrilling adventures.
Fritz, in the story, is well known as the outlaw’s pony, as there is no horse so peculiarly marked, or which equals him in speed and staying qualities. And so, in a way, throughout the story, on Fritz depends the life of his master.
One would think that every thrill, every act of reckless daredeviltry, had been injected in William S. Hart photodramas. However, this famous Western character always figures in some new and startling adventures.
For instance, in "The Narrow Trail," the initial Ince-Artcraf t picture, which will be seen at the on Hart portrays an outlaw
who falls under the influence of a beautiful girl. He loves her with all the desperate passion of which his wild nature is capable, and determines to reform. In doing this, his source of income is naturally shut off, and he is in trying straits for ready cash.
Just at this crisis, a big Rodeo is to be held in a nearby city. A cash prize is offered for the principal event — a "jump in the saddle and away" race — and the outlaw determines to enter himself and his Pinto pony. In doing so he knows he is taking a tremendous risk, as the peculiarly marked pony is known to the sheriff and his deputies ; but goaded by necessity he takes a chance, and in the presence of a crowd leaps into the saddle.
It is during this wild ride with its throngs of contestng cowboys that excitement rises to its highest pitch.
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