When Sergeant Preston's dog tears a pad and goes lame in the race, Preston pulls off to the side of the trail. In the wide camera shot, the trail runs through a field with trees in the background only on the right side of the sled and dog team. In the closeup shot, Preston is among a group of trees located on both the left and right of his dog team. In the next camera wide shot of Preston starting up the dog team again, he is back along the trail next to the field where the only trees are behind him on his right side.