Professional daredevil and white-suited hero, The Great Leslie, convinces turn-of-the-century auto makers that a race from New York to Paris (westward across America, the Bering Straight and Russia) will help to promote automobile sales. Leslie's arch-rival, the mustached and black-attired Professor Fate vows to beat Leslie to the finish line in a car of Fate's own invention.
Maggie is captured while swimming. She has clothing nearby but is only wearing a camisole and is not given the chance to get dressed. The guard is laughing when he takes her to the other officers and her friends, and holds her like she is on display.
But someone falls off a ledge resulting in injuries. Someone dives out a window into a moat, but hits a boat instead. It is assumed he probably wasn't injured badly. A man jumps from a hot air balloon but used a parachute.