Georges Hatot began his film career with tableaux vivantes efforts like THE DEATH OF MARAT, but by the time he came out with this movie for Pathe Freres, he was producing interesting oddities.
This movie in 24 shots shows smugglers using dogs to transport raw wool across the border against police opposition. The major part of it shows the dogs racing across the countryside, through open fields and lakes, pursued by armed and uniformed officers, almost exactly in the same manner as early slapstick chases like HOW A FRENCH NOBLEMAN FOUND A WIFE THROUGH 'THE NEW YORK HERALD' PERSONAL ADVERTISEMENTS!
Hatot would have a great success with an early serial for Eclair based on Nick Carter in 1908. He would return to the the theater, but make a brief return to feature film-making in 1922. He would live into his 80s and die in 1959.