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It's no good. I shall have to go.
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Go? Go where?
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King's Pyland.
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Last evening Inspector Gregory
of the Devonshire Constabulary
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arrested well known racing
personality Fitzroy Simpson
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and charged him with the murder
of trainer, John Straker...
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Oh, come in.
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Two more telegrams, Mr. Holmes.
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Thank you, Mrs. Hudson.
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You've been bombarded with these
the last couple of days.
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Another one from Inspector Gregory.
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A note from Colonel Ross.
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Awe, that's the horse's owner.
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Thank you my dear.
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Watson,
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I had made a blunder,
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which I am afraid is a
more common occurrence
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than anyone would think who only
knew me through your memoirs.
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But the fact is that
I could not believe
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that so a remarkable a horse
as Silver Blaze could disappear,
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especially in the seclusion of
somewhere like Dartmoor.
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From hour to hour I expect to
hear that the abductor
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was the murderer of John Straker
and the horse had been found
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but that doesn't seem to
be the case.
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I should be happy to go with you.
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No, Tavistock.
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If I should not be in the way.
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Oh my dear Watson,
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you would confer a great
favour upon me by coming.
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I'm sure your time
will not be misspent.
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The case promises to
be absolutely unique.
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We can just catch our
train from Paddington.
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Oh Watson, would you be so kind
as to bring your field glasses?
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Mrs. Hudson, were off to Dartmoor.
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Tickets please.
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Thank you, Inspector.
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Thank you.
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Watson, we're going well.
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Our speed at present is
fifty-three and half miles an hour.
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I've not observed the
quarter mile post.
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Nor have I.
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But the telegraphed posts
on this line are sixty yards apart.
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The calculation is a simple one.
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Has that remarkably,
colored, sporting paper
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anything to say on the
subject of our horse?
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What?
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Oh, yes.
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Yes.
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Here we are.
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Silver Blaze.
Silver Blaze is from Isonomy stock.
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Isonomy...
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And holds as brilliant a record
as his famous ancestor.
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He's now in his fifth year
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and has brought in turn
each of the prize of the turf
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to Colonel Ross his
fortunate owner.
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At the time of the catastrophe
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he was first favored
for the Wessex Cup.
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The odds quoted being
two to one against.
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He's always been a prime favorite
of the racing public
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and has never yet
disappointed them.
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In spite of the unfavorable prize, a great
deal of money has been placed upon him
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so it is obvious, therefore,
that there are
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many people with the strongest
interest in preventing Silver Blaze
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from being there at
the fall of the flag.
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All right, Baynes, will you stop here
please, cause this is a rather good view.
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Now that's King's Pyland
over there Mr. Holmes.
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You know my training stable
where the missing horse was kept.
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What exactly does your establishment
consist of, Colonel Ross?
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Well, there's the trainer's house,
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where poor Straker lived with
his wife and a maidservant.
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How long had he been with you sir?
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Oh, five years at jockey
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until he got too heavy
for the weighing chair.
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Then seven years as my trainer.
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Yes, he was a first class man.
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And I presume the stables
are beyond?
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Yes, yes not a big yard,
it's a good one.
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My thought is quality not quantity.
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As anyone connected with the turf
will tell you, Mr. Holmes.
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Yes, thank you, Inspector.
You see,
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at the moment I'm merely five
horses in the yard.
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I see you have two of them entered
for the Wessex Cup, Colonel Ross.
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That's right, yes.
Yes, Silver Blaze and Bayard.
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But between us Bayard is
intended for a pacemaker.
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Well with such valuable
animals under his charge,
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I imagine your trainer Mr. Straker
must have taken some precautions.
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Oh yes indeed.
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Three stable lads
lived with the horses
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and after dark one of the lads
was always on duty in the stables
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while the other two
sleep above in loft.
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Is that another training
stable over there?
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Yes, that's Mapleton.
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Lord Backwater's yard.
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Lord Backwater?
Lord Backwater owns Desberly,
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second favorite
for the Wessex Cup.
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This is not a bad horse.
Not in the same class as Silver Blaze.
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Fellow called, Silas Brown,
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trains for Backwater,
I can't stick the fellow himself.
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Nor could Straker come to that.
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There's a natural rivalry I presume.
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Rather more than that.
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Shall we drive on?
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Yes, indeed.
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All right, Baynes.
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Inspector Gregory,
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are there any further developments
as to the whereabouts of the horse?
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Nothing at all.
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We have made very little progress
in that direction.
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I can't imagine how a
horse like Silver Blaze
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could go missing for so
long in a place like this.
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Nor can I.
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I must tell you Mr. Holmes,
that at first I was not at all taken
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with Inspector Gregory's suggestion that
you should be asked to come down here.
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I don't like amateurs, you see?
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But you did send me
a telegram, Colonel.
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Well no one else seems to
be able to find my horse.
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If you ask me it's these damn gypsies
wondering all over the moor.
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It's a perfect scandal,
I've said so for years.
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My men have seen every group
of gypsies on Dartmoor
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in the last two days, Colonel.
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And searched every stable yard,
quarry and cave in south Devon.
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It's an absolute mystery.
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I expect a miracle
from you, Mr. Holmes.
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Inspector Gregory,
my friends at Scotland Yard tell me
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that you're rapidly making
a reputation for yourself
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in the English detective service.
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I'm a keen student
of your methods too, Mr. Holmes.
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I have the two principle,
witnesses waiting for you.
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Thank you.
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In here, Mr. Holmes.
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Who are they?
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Edith Baxter, the maid
and Hunter, the stable boy
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who was on duty on Monday night.
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It was just a few minutes
after nine o'clock, sir.
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I was carrying Mr. Hunter supper
across from the house.
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Awe, but Miss Baxter,
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what did the supper consist of?
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It was a dish of
curried mutton, sir.
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Suddenly I heard a man's voice.
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Did not give me a turn,
I can tell you sir.
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Excuse me, Miss.
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What do you want, sir?
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Can you tell me where I am?
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I'd almost made up my
mind to sleep on the moor
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when I saw the light.
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This is King's Pyland
training stable, sir.
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What a stroke of luck.
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I understand there's stable lad
who sleeps here at night.
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No doubt that's his
supper you have there.
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I'm sure you wouldn't be too proud
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to earn yourself the price of
a new dress would you?
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See the boy has this tonight
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and you shall have the prettiest
frock money can buy.
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I couldn't!
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Ned!
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Ned!
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Ned!
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There's a man stopped me out there.
I'm ever so frightened.
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What did he want?
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He asked after you.
He asked me to give you something.
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What was it?
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I don't know. It was white.
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Where is he now?
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He's gone.
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We best cut back to the house.
Quick tell the governor!
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Yes Ned.
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Good evening
I want a word with you.
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What business have you here?
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It's a business that may put
something in your pocket, my lad.
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Now you've two horses
entering the Wessex Cup,
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Silver Blaze and Bayard.
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Let me have the straight tip
and you won't be the loser.
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Is it the fact that at the weights Bayard
can give the other a hundred yards
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and five furlongs in the...
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You wont get any tips
around here, get out!
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After him boy, after him!
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The governor and the others
came down soon enough.
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We found not a sight
or sound of the man.
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One moment.
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When you let the dog out did you
leave the door open behind you?
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Oh excellent, Watson, excellent.
It's just the point I was going to make.
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I locked the door behind me sir.
I swear it.
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Good lad.
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Does Fitzroy Simpson
admit to all this?
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He denies nothing.
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He says he came for information..
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What about the white paper?
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He says it was a five-pound note.
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What happened next?
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Well sir,
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it was about dawn when the mistress
came into my bedroom
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and told me to come with her.
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Well when she woke she'd found
Mr. Straker's bed empty.
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Heavens! The horse is gone...
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And the bridle.
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Ned, wake up!
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Wake the boys.
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Ned! Ned! Wake up.
Wake up, Ned!
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Bill, Robbie come quick,
Silver Blaze is gone.
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Over here.
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He was dead sir.
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His head,
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it was all knocked in.
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It was terrible.
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It was a terrible blow on the head
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from some blunt instrument
that had killed him.
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It was clear that he had
defended himself most vigorously.
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The blood stained knife.
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As to the wound on the
thigh, who can tell?
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Well it is possible that
the wound on the thigh
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could have been caused
as Straker fell.
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The lad here was drugged.
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Appreciable quantities of powered
opium were found in his carry.
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Did all the household
eat the same dish?
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Yes sir, I made it myself and served it.
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This black and red scarf?
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The gentleman was wearing that scarf
when he talked to me.
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I'd swear that on the Bible, sir.
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Thank you Watson.
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Thank you.
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Stop it boy. Stop it.
Come on. Good dog.
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Good boy.
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My theory is that Simpson
was under some strong
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obligation to Nobble or otherwise
incapacitate this horse
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so that he would be unable
to run in the Wessex Cup.
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Clever move that, putting
opium in the boy's food
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and easy enough
through that window.
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Yes. Then it was simple.
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He obtained a duplicate key,
led out the horse,
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it was his bad luck that Straker was
alert enough to catch him up on the moor,
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in the struggle the horse bolted.
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That's no proof
that Simpson killed Straker.
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Well the evidence against
him is very strong.
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He was undoubtedly here
on some devious business.
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He poisoned the stable lad.
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He had in his hand a heavy stick
weighted with lead
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and his scarf was found
in the dead man's hand
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And he went pale as death when
I confronted him with that fact.
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I really think we have enough
to go before a jury.
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No,no,no.
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Inspector, a cleaver council
would tear it all to rags.
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Has a duplicate key been
found in his possession?
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No.
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Well what chemist sold
him the powered opium?
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And above all how could he, a stranger
in this district, hide a horse
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and such a horse as Silver Blaze?
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I agree the evidence is circumstantial
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but I think the net is drawn
pretty tightly around Fitzroy Simpson
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and I believe he is our man.
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What sort of fellow is he and
why would he do such a thing?
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00:21:21,572 --> 00:21:24,742
Fitzroy Simpson is a man of
excellent birth and dedication.
252
00:21:25,368 --> 00:21:28,413
Unfortunately he has squandered
a fortune on the turf, which has-
253
00:21:28,538 --> 00:21:31,624
put him in the hands of moneylenders
and unscrupulous bookmakers.
254
00:21:31,791 --> 00:21:33,334
Plenty of those sharks
in the racing world.
255
00:21:33,501 --> 00:21:35,003
I didn't know that you were
a betting man, Watson.
256
00:21:35,128 --> 00:21:39,173
What? Oh, just the occasional flutter.
257
00:21:40,550 --> 00:21:42,510
I presume an inventory
has been made
258
00:21:43,803 --> 00:21:46,306
of what Straker had in his pockets
at the time of his death?
259
00:21:46,431 --> 00:21:48,182
I have the things themselves
in the sitting room
260
00:21:48,349 --> 00:21:49,434
if you would care to see them.
261
00:22:12,498 --> 00:22:13,875
Weiss & Co., London.
262
00:22:16,753 --> 00:22:18,753
From the bloodstains, I presume,
263
00:22:17,837 --> 00:22:20,048
this is the knife that was found
in the dead man's grasp.
264
00:22:20,173 --> 00:22:22,173
Yes indeed.
265
00:22:21,591 --> 00:22:23,009
This is more in your line, Doctor.
266
00:22:24,552 --> 00:22:27,722
This is what we call
a cataract knife.
267
00:22:28,056 --> 00:22:31,017
Very delicate blade devised for
very delicate work.
268
00:22:31,142 --> 00:22:34,062
Strange thing for a man to take
on so rough an expedition, Holmes,
269
00:22:35,563 --> 00:22:37,231
especially as it wouldn't
shut in his pocket.
270
00:22:37,398 --> 00:22:39,650
Awe, the tip was guarded
by a disc of cork,
271
00:22:39,776 --> 00:22:41,027
which we found beside the body.
272
00:22:41,152 --> 00:22:42,570
You impress me, Inspector.
273
00:22:42,695 --> 00:22:45,406
Thank you. Mrs. Straker says
it was on the dressing table.
274
00:22:45,573 --> 00:22:47,241
It was probably the nearest
thing to him at the time.
275
00:22:47,367 --> 00:22:49,367
I see.
276
00:22:49,327 --> 00:22:50,411
I see.
277
00:22:51,579 --> 00:22:53,081
Corn merchants bill.
278
00:22:54,791 --> 00:22:56,584
Instructions from Colonel Ross.
279
00:22:57,794 --> 00:22:59,003
Awe what have we here?
280
00:23:00,713 --> 00:23:03,674
A milliner's account for
37 pounds fifteen shillings
281
00:23:03,800 --> 00:23:06,094
for a Madame Lesurier,
of Bond Street, London,
282
00:23:07,345 --> 00:23:08,763
to a Mr. William Derbyshire.
283
00:23:08,930 --> 00:23:11,265
Mrs. Straker tells us that Derbyshire
was a friend of her husband's
284
00:23:11,391 --> 00:23:13,267
and on occasionally had
his letters addressed here.
285
00:23:14,936 --> 00:23:16,229
Twenty-two guineas.
286
00:23:17,438 --> 00:23:19,941
Somewhat heavy for
a single costume.
287
00:23:20,942 --> 00:23:22,902
Mrs. Derbyshire had
rather expensive taste.
288
00:23:23,027 --> 00:23:25,027
Yes.
289
00:23:24,487 --> 00:23:27,115
Well there appears to be nothing
more to learn here, Inspector,
290
00:23:27,240 --> 00:23:28,449
shall we move onto the
scene of the crime?
291
00:23:28,616 --> 00:23:30,616
Yes, of course.
292
00:23:36,457 --> 00:23:38,457
After you Watson.
293
00:23:42,338 --> 00:23:43,756
Have you got them, Inspector?
294
00:23:45,716 --> 00:23:46,968
Is there any more news?
295
00:23:47,969 --> 00:23:49,429
I'm afraid not, Mrs. Straker.
296
00:23:50,471 --> 00:23:51,973
But Mr. Holmes and Doctor Watson
297
00:23:52,140 --> 00:23:53,766
have come down from
London to help us.
298
00:23:55,309 --> 00:23:56,978
I assure you we're doing
everything possible.
299
00:23:58,312 --> 00:24:00,148
I wish you good luck, Mr. Holmes.
300
00:24:00,523 --> 00:24:03,818
Oh thank you madam and my
commiserations on your great loss.
301
00:24:05,194 --> 00:24:06,487
Surely we've met?
302
00:24:07,905 --> 00:24:11,409
At a garden party
in Plymouth some time ago.
303
00:24:12,952 --> 00:24:15,163
No sir. You are mistaken.
304
00:24:15,288 --> 00:24:17,123
No, do you know I
could have sworn it.
305
00:24:18,166 --> 00:24:21,461
You wore a costume
of dove-colored silk
306
00:24:22,170 --> 00:24:23,629
with ostrich feather trimming.
307
00:24:25,506 --> 00:24:27,467
I never had such a dress, sir.
308
00:24:30,970 --> 00:24:32,346
That quite settles it.
Thank you.
309
00:24:39,187 --> 00:24:41,314
That is the bush where
the coat was hanging.
310
00:24:41,522 --> 00:24:43,522
What was the weather like?
311
00:24:42,440 --> 00:24:44,275
Wind calm bit of rain about.
312
00:24:45,568 --> 00:24:48,112
And the coat was not blown against
the bush but placed there?
313
00:24:48,237 --> 00:24:50,237
Oh yes, it was placed.
314
00:24:49,322 --> 00:24:50,364
Inspector!
315
00:24:51,032 --> 00:24:52,700
No,no,no!
316
00:24:55,620 --> 00:24:58,372
So many people have
trampled around this land.
317
00:25:02,877 --> 00:25:04,378
There have been many people here.
318
00:25:04,795 --> 00:25:06,714
That piece of matting
has been placed there
319
00:25:06,839 --> 00:25:08,049
and we have all stood upon there.
320
00:25:08,174 --> 00:25:09,217
Not the general public.
321
00:25:10,009 --> 00:25:12,009
I have in this bag.
322
00:25:12,178 --> 00:25:13,888
One of the boots
John Straker wore,
323
00:25:15,473 --> 00:25:17,225
one of Fitzroy Simpson's shoes,
324
00:25:19,143 --> 00:25:21,729
and a cast horseshoe
of Silver Blaze.
325
00:25:22,063 --> 00:25:24,063
Thank you, Inspector.
326
00:26:37,096 --> 00:26:40,600
Half burned wax candle.
327
00:26:41,684 --> 00:26:45,104
I cannot understand how
I came to overlook them.
328
00:26:45,479 --> 00:26:47,315
Oh they're invisible
buried in the mud.
329
00:26:48,482 --> 00:26:50,318
I only saw them because
I was looking for them.
330
00:26:50,484 --> 00:26:53,321
What, you expected to find them?
331
00:26:53,988 --> 00:26:55,156
I thought it not unlikely.
332
00:26:59,243 --> 00:27:00,745
I'm afraid there
are no more tracks.
333
00:27:01,329 --> 00:27:03,831
I've examined the ground for
a hundred yards in every direction.
334
00:27:05,249 --> 00:27:07,249
What a pleasant evening.
335
00:27:07,126 --> 00:27:09,462
I think I'll take a walk,
stretch my legs Watson?
336
00:27:09,587 --> 00:27:11,587
Yes, indeed.
337
00:27:10,254 --> 00:27:11,839
I'll take this for luck.
338
00:27:12,006 --> 00:27:13,174
I have some work
to do in the house,
339
00:27:13,341 --> 00:27:15,676
then Colonel Ross is coming
to take us back to Tavistock.
340
00:27:19,722 --> 00:27:21,722
Good evening, Constable.
341
00:28:09,563 --> 00:28:13,401
Suppose that Silver Blaze broke away,
where would he have gone?
342
00:28:14,694 --> 00:28:17,571
If he'd run loose on the moor
he'd have surely been seen by now.
343
00:28:18,739 --> 00:28:20,074
Perhaps the gypsy theory's correct.
344
00:28:20,241 --> 00:28:21,409
No, no, no, no.
345
00:28:22,743 --> 00:28:26,914
A horse is a most
gregarious creature.
346
00:28:29,750 --> 00:28:31,419
Now he did not go
back to King's Pyland
347
00:28:31,585 --> 00:28:33,838
to his own stable,
so he must have gone...
348
00:28:35,881 --> 00:28:37,881
to Mapleton.
349
00:28:39,593 --> 00:28:41,595
Now let us use that as
a working hypothesis.
350
00:28:43,264 --> 00:28:46,225
The ground around here is very hard
and dry, but over there
351
00:28:46,809 --> 00:28:49,562
in that hollow it must have been
very wet on Monday night.
352
00:28:52,064 --> 00:28:53,774
If our supposition is correct,
353
00:28:55,484 --> 00:28:56,694
he must have crossed it.
354
00:29:14,128 --> 00:29:16,128
Watson!
355
00:29:25,431 --> 00:29:27,099
By George, look at that.
356
00:29:30,644 --> 00:29:33,147
You see the value of imagination
357
00:29:33,272 --> 00:29:36,150
is the one quality
which Inspector Gregory lacks.
358
00:29:36,859 --> 00:29:39,987
We imagined what might have
happened, acted upon the supposition,
359
00:29:40,404 --> 00:29:42,573
and find ourselves justified.
Let us proceed.
360
00:30:07,848 --> 00:30:09,517
Look! Look!
361
00:30:25,574 --> 00:30:33,040
Horse and man turned.
362
00:30:57,731 --> 00:31:01,569
No loitering around here.
Haven't you got eyes in your head.
363
00:31:02,403 --> 00:31:03,863
I only wanted to ask you
a question.
364
00:31:04,196 --> 00:31:06,073
Should I be too early
to see Mr. Silas Brown,
365
00:31:06,240 --> 00:31:08,576
if I was to call around here
at five-thirty tomorrow morning?
366
00:31:09,243 --> 00:31:10,995
I shouldn't be speaking
to you by rights.
367
00:31:16,375 --> 00:31:18,375
Here lad.
368
00:31:27,136 --> 00:31:29,221
Mr. Brown's the early bird
around here all right,
369
00:31:29,805 --> 00:31:33,058
Dawson, what are you doing
gossiping with strangers?
370
00:31:33,183 --> 00:31:34,435
Be about your business.
371
00:31:37,313 --> 00:31:39,398
Now what the devil do
you two want around here?
372
00:31:39,607 --> 00:31:41,442
Just a few minutes of
your time, Mr. Brown.
373
00:31:41,609 --> 00:31:46,113
Be off with you or you'll find
the dog on your heels.
374
00:31:47,031 --> 00:31:50,451
Why should I talk every
gadabout stranger on the moor?
375
00:31:50,618 --> 00:31:56,790
It may save you instant dismissal
from Lord Blackwater's service
376
00:31:57,791 --> 00:31:59,752
and the stiffest prison sentence.
377
00:32:10,304 --> 00:32:12,304
Keep guard.
378
00:32:21,523 --> 00:32:24,318
Early Tuesday morning,
379
00:32:25,986 --> 00:32:28,113
you're about the yard as usual,
380
00:32:29,573 --> 00:32:33,827
when you saw a horse on the moor.
381
00:32:36,622 --> 00:32:39,291
When you approached it you realized
that it wasn't a strange horse at all.
382
00:32:39,416 --> 00:32:42,127
It was one that you knew, very well.
383
00:32:44,254 --> 00:32:46,632
Your first instinct
was to lead Silver...
384
00:32:48,467 --> 00:32:52,012
Silver Blaze back to King's Pyland
385
00:32:52,137 --> 00:32:54,598
but then the devil put
other ideas into your head.
386
00:32:57,059 --> 00:32:59,019
You have a chance to make
a great deal of money.
387
00:33:01,522 --> 00:33:04,984
It occurred to you that if
you were to hide the horse...
388
00:33:09,989 --> 00:33:13,867
You've been watching me,
haven't you?
389
00:33:15,911 --> 00:33:18,205
You've been spying on me, sir.
390
00:33:26,797 --> 00:33:28,716
Now. Sir.
391
00:33:31,844 --> 00:33:33,971
I do what you want.
392
00:33:43,981 --> 00:33:50,404
If it's money you want,
you shall have it,
393
00:34:00,247 --> 00:34:01,832
You will do exactly as I tell you.
394
00:34:13,469 --> 00:34:17,222
A more perfect compound
of the bully, coward and sneak
395
00:34:17,347 --> 00:34:19,433
that Master Silas Brown.
I've seldom met with.
396
00:34:19,600 --> 00:34:21,600
He has the horse then?
397
00:34:20,559 --> 00:34:22,559
Of course.
398
00:34:22,144 --> 00:34:23,604
But his stables have been searched.
399
00:34:23,771 --> 00:34:26,356
An old faker like him
knows many a dodge.
400
00:34:28,609 --> 00:34:30,027
Watson, I didn't know
whether you observed
401
00:34:30,319 --> 00:34:33,447
but Colonel Ross manner
has been somewhat cavalier.
402
00:34:34,198 --> 00:34:36,784
I'm inclined to have a little
amusement at his expense.
403
00:34:36,909 --> 00:34:38,452
Say nothing to him
about the horse.
404
00:34:38,619 --> 00:34:40,704
I shall say nothing
without your permission.
405
00:34:40,954 --> 00:34:42,954
Splendid.
406
00:34:43,207 --> 00:34:46,293
We have found traces which show
that a party of gypsies encamped
407
00:34:46,460 --> 00:34:49,713
on Monday night within a mile
of where the murder took place.
408
00:34:50,464 --> 00:34:53,133
Fitzroy Simpson may well have
an understanding with them
409
00:34:53,258 --> 00:34:54,635
over hiding the horse.
410
00:34:55,636 --> 00:34:58,430
Nevertheless, I think
I owe it to the public
411
00:34:59,640 --> 00:35:02,601
to remove Silver Blaze's name
for the entrance for the cup.
412
00:35:02,726 --> 00:35:05,604
No, certainly not! Colonel,
I should let the name stand.
413
00:35:06,105 --> 00:35:07,564
But I've already withdrawn Bayard.
414
00:35:07,689 --> 00:35:11,819
But I have every hope that Silver
Blaze will start on Saturday.
415
00:35:11,985 --> 00:35:13,153
Have your jockey at readiness.
416
00:35:14,321 --> 00:35:16,323
I'm very glad to have
your opinion, sir.
417
00:35:18,158 --> 00:35:19,952
That is a minor point, of course,
418
00:35:20,077 --> 00:35:23,497
compared with the question
of who killed John Straker.
419
00:35:23,997 --> 00:35:26,333
Doubtless you will be devoting
yourself to that problem.
420
00:35:26,458 --> 00:35:28,836
On the contrary,
Doctor Watson and I
421
00:35:29,336 --> 00:35:31,588
were taking the Night
Express to London.
422
00:35:32,339 --> 00:35:36,468
We've had the most charming little
breath of your country air.
423
00:35:38,846 --> 00:35:42,432
So you've despaired already of arresting
the murderer of poor John Straker.
424
00:35:43,809 --> 00:35:45,853
With our certain grave difficulties.
425
00:35:47,187 --> 00:35:48,605
Do you have the
photograph of Straker?
426
00:35:50,190 --> 00:35:52,860
Thank you, Inspector. I am quite
ready now for Tavistock.
427
00:35:54,153 --> 00:35:56,153
Linger.
428
00:35:58,532 --> 00:36:03,203
I must say I am rather disappointed
in our London consultant.
429
00:36:03,829 --> 00:36:05,789
I don't see that were any
further than when he came.
430
00:36:06,206 --> 00:36:09,209
But at least you have his assurance
Colonel that your horse will run.
431
00:36:09,543 --> 00:36:13,046
Oh yes, I have his assurance.
I should prefer to have the horse.
432
00:36:13,213 --> 00:36:15,507
I think you should heed
Mr. Holmes advice, Colonel.
433
00:36:17,593 --> 00:36:19,593
Well I shall have to see.
434
00:36:31,773 --> 00:36:33,567
Excuse me, whom looks after
these sheep?
435
00:36:33,942 --> 00:36:35,942
I do, sir.
436
00:36:35,736 --> 00:36:37,196
Have you noticed
anything amiss of late?
437
00:36:38,655 --> 00:36:40,655
No sir.
438
00:36:40,365 --> 00:36:42,910
Well it's not much account,
but three of them have gone lame.
439
00:36:46,663 --> 00:36:48,663
Thank you.
440
00:36:50,584 --> 00:36:53,045
A long shot, Watson, a very
long shot. After you.
441
00:36:53,921 --> 00:36:55,672
Inspector I would like
to recommend to you
442
00:36:55,797 --> 00:36:58,508
the singular epidemic
among the sheep.
443
00:37:00,052 --> 00:37:02,095
You really consider
that to be important?
444
00:37:02,554 --> 00:37:03,597
Exceedingly so.
445
00:37:05,641 --> 00:37:06,683
All right Baynes.
446
00:37:18,987 --> 00:37:20,987
Is there any other point
447
00:37:19,988 --> 00:37:22,449
to which you wish to draw
my attention, Mr. Holmes?
448
00:37:24,910 --> 00:37:28,622
To the curious incident
of the dog in the nighttime.
449
00:37:29,456 --> 00:37:31,208
But the dog did nothing
in the nighttime.
450
00:37:32,542 --> 00:37:34,127
That is the curious incident.
451
00:38:07,244 --> 00:38:08,620
Where the devil is
my horse, Holmes?
452
00:38:08,912 --> 00:38:10,622
No, no, no, no.
Where the devil is he?
453
00:38:11,290 --> 00:38:14,418
I suppose, Colonel, that you would
recognize him if you saw him?
454
00:38:15,168 --> 00:38:16,336
Know my own horse?
455
00:38:18,338 --> 00:38:19,506
I have been on the
turf for twenty years
456
00:38:19,673 --> 00:38:22,259
and I've never been asked
such a damn fool question before.
457
00:38:23,010 --> 00:38:24,845
A child would know Silver Blaze
458
00:38:25,178 --> 00:38:28,473
with the white star on his
forehead and mottled hind leg.
459
00:38:30,017 --> 00:38:32,519
I suppose you realize
if my horse doesn't run,
460
00:38:32,894 --> 00:38:34,646
quite a part from being
lynched by the crowd,
461
00:38:34,771 --> 00:38:36,356
I shall be up before the Stewards.
462
00:38:37,190 --> 00:38:40,193
Probably warned off every
racecourse in England for life.
463
00:38:40,360 --> 00:38:41,528
Reputation ruined.
464
00:38:41,695 --> 00:38:43,864
Awe, let us hope it does
not come to that, Colonel.
465
00:38:44,656 --> 00:38:46,656
Here's Doctor Watson.
466
00:38:49,536 --> 00:38:52,956
And this, Colonel,
467
00:38:54,916 --> 00:38:56,043
is your horse.
468
00:38:57,544 --> 00:38:59,546
But that's not my horse, Holmes!
469
00:39:01,131 --> 00:39:02,632
Good God man, what have you done?
470
00:39:30,077 --> 00:39:34,831
There Colonel is your Silver Blaze.
471
00:39:37,209 --> 00:39:38,877
I found him in the hands of a faker
472
00:39:39,669 --> 00:39:41,880
and brought him to the
course just as he was.
473
00:39:46,635 --> 00:39:48,635
Good heavens.
474
00:39:50,847 --> 00:39:52,933
You take my breath away, Mr. Holmes.
475
00:40:38,895 --> 00:40:40,895
Silver Blaze.
476
00:40:40,439 --> 00:40:43,150
If he runs me lord
to win a place me lord?
477
00:40:43,316 --> 00:40:44,651
To win, of course.
478
00:40:48,029 --> 00:40:49,448
Any more like you at home?
479
00:41:11,011 --> 00:41:14,598
Come on! What's the matter
with the damn horse?
480
00:41:15,098 --> 00:41:16,683
What have you done to him Holmes?
481
00:41:17,476 --> 00:41:19,436
He seems to be missing
his pacemaker.
482
00:41:20,228 --> 00:41:22,022
I should have never
withdrawn Bayard.
483
00:41:22,189 --> 00:41:24,608
Wait a minute he's breaking through.
484
00:41:27,861 --> 00:41:31,615
Come on Silver Blaze.
Come on Silver Blaze.
485
00:41:33,492 --> 00:41:35,327
Go on. Go on.
Go on. Go on.
486
00:42:04,231 --> 00:42:06,316
You've done wonders Mr. Holmes,
487
00:42:06,691 --> 00:42:11,404
and I owe you a thousand apologies
for having doubted your ability.
488
00:42:12,614 --> 00:42:17,244
Now you've done me a great service
by recovering my horse.
489
00:42:17,410 --> 00:42:18,828
You'd do me a greater still
490
00:42:18,954 --> 00:42:22,249
if you could lay your hands
on the murderer of John Straker.
491
00:42:22,374 --> 00:42:24,374
I've done so.
492
00:42:24,543 --> 00:42:28,088
What? What's all this about
if you got him. Where is he then?
493
00:42:28,255 --> 00:42:30,255
He's here.
494
00:42:29,756 --> 00:42:30,924
Here! Where?
495
00:42:31,383 --> 00:42:33,343
Some who's now present
at this very moment.
496
00:42:35,845 --> 00:42:39,349
Yes, I quite recognize that I'm under
obligations to you Mr. Holmes,
497
00:42:39,474 --> 00:42:42,185
but this either a very
bad joke or an insult.
498
00:42:42,811 --> 00:42:45,772
Oh the real murderer, Colonel, is
Standing immediately behind you.
499
00:42:47,899 --> 00:42:49,899
What the horse?
500
00:42:49,609 --> 00:42:51,609
Yes, the horse.
501
00:42:52,279 --> 00:42:54,447
And it may lessen his guilt if I say
502
00:42:55,240 --> 00:42:58,910
that it was done
entirely in self-defense,
503
00:43:00,036 --> 00:43:01,288
and that John Straker
504
00:43:03,290 --> 00:43:05,417
was a man quite
unworthy of your trust.
505
00:43:15,594 --> 00:43:16,803
Number four, sir, winner.
506
00:43:39,659 --> 00:43:41,659
Come Ross.
507
00:43:43,496 --> 00:43:45,496
Yes, thank you very much.
508
00:44:03,016 --> 00:44:04,142
Thank you very much.
509
00:44:10,148 --> 00:44:12,148
Number twelve.
510
00:44:11,191 --> 00:44:12,275
Number twelve.
511
00:44:24,537 --> 00:44:26,164
Very proud of it. Very proud.
512
00:44:28,375 --> 00:44:30,168
Thank you very much.
Thank you.
513
00:44:47,936 --> 00:44:49,896
I confess, gentlemen,
when we came down to King's Pylan,
514
00:44:50,063 --> 00:44:52,649
I was convinced that Fitzroy Simpson
was the true culprit.
515
00:44:53,566 --> 00:44:56,361
All the newspaper and police
reports seemed to point to it.
516
00:44:57,737 --> 00:45:00,323
It was only when I entered
the trainer's house
517
00:45:00,907 --> 00:45:05,078
that the immense significance of
the curried mutton occurred to me.
518
00:45:05,286 --> 00:45:08,581
I confess that even now.
I cannot see how it helps us.
519
00:45:09,791 --> 00:45:12,836
Powdered opium, Colonel
is by no means tasteless.
520
00:45:13,920 --> 00:45:15,088
I am correct?
521
00:45:15,338 --> 00:45:20,260
Oh quite correct. The flavor is not
distasteful but it is perceptible.
522
00:45:20,427 --> 00:45:23,930
Were it mixed with an ordinary dish
the eater would undoubtedly detect it
523
00:45:24,097 --> 00:45:25,432
but would probably eat no more.
524
00:45:26,182 --> 00:45:29,018
Curry was exactly the medium
with which to disguise the taste.
525
00:45:30,437 --> 00:45:33,606
So it must have been
Straker or his wife?
526
00:45:33,732 --> 00:45:35,732
Exactly.
527
00:45:36,568 --> 00:45:38,778
Cause I remember
you spoke of a dog.
528
00:45:45,452 --> 00:45:48,371
Yes, the dog that didn't
bark in the night.
529
00:45:49,914 --> 00:45:51,791
Well someone had
been into the stable
530
00:45:52,333 --> 00:45:54,961
and taken out the horse
and the dog had not barked.
531
00:45:55,086 --> 00:45:58,757
So obviously this midnight visitor
was someone the dog knew well.
532
00:45:58,965 --> 00:46:00,967
I wasn't really convinced
that it was a stranger.
533
00:46:01,134 --> 00:46:04,554
But for what purpose should
he take out the horse, and
534
00:46:04,888 --> 00:46:06,639
drug his own stable boy?
535
00:46:07,682 --> 00:46:08,975
A dishonest one, obviously.
536
00:46:09,559 --> 00:46:10,810
There have been cases before now
537
00:46:10,977 --> 00:46:13,313
where trainers have
made great sums of money by
538
00:46:13,897 --> 00:46:17,066
laying against their own horses and
then preventing them from winning.
539
00:46:17,317 --> 00:46:20,445
Well sometimes you get a pulling
jockey, I will say that.
540
00:46:20,820 --> 00:46:21,821
And sometimes
541
00:46:23,656 --> 00:46:25,450
by surer and most subtler means.
542
00:46:27,994 --> 00:46:29,994
This-
543
00:46:32,290 --> 00:46:37,295
singular knife, it was found
in the dead man's hand
544
00:46:38,046 --> 00:46:42,175
and which no sane man
would use as a weapon, right?
545
00:46:42,842 --> 00:46:46,179
Oh yes, only, only used
in the most delicate operations.
546
00:46:46,888 --> 00:46:49,849
It was used for a very delicate
operation that night.
547
00:46:54,437 --> 00:46:56,437
Excuse me.
548
00:47:00,235 --> 00:47:01,694
As you know, Colonel,
549
00:47:02,612 --> 00:47:06,866
with your wide knowledge
of turf matters
550
00:47:07,992 --> 00:47:12,705
that it is possible to make a slight
nick in the horse's tendon,
551
00:47:14,457 --> 00:47:16,292
and do it, subcutaneously.
552
00:47:27,804 --> 00:47:31,057
Any slight lameness will be put
down to a strain in training
553
00:47:31,182 --> 00:47:32,976
or bruised, never foul play.
554
00:47:33,726 --> 00:47:35,979
Villain! The damn Scoundrel!
555
00:47:37,313 --> 00:47:39,816
Not an operation to be done in
the stable. No food for me.
556
00:47:41,943 --> 00:47:46,239
So sensitive a creature would
arouse the soundest of sleepers.
557
00:47:47,115 --> 00:47:48,908
I've been blind and Gregory too.
558
00:47:49,450 --> 00:47:52,579
Of course, that's why he needed
the candle and struck the match.
559
00:47:54,831 --> 00:47:58,084
When I examined Straker's belongings
I was fortunate enough to discover
560
00:47:59,502 --> 00:48:02,171
not only the method of the crime
but also the motive.
561
00:48:05,300 --> 00:48:08,261
Most men do not carry other people's
bills in their pockets.
562
00:48:09,971 --> 00:48:13,224
From this I concluded that Straker
was leading a double life.
563
00:48:13,933 --> 00:48:17,437
The nature of the bill shows that
there was a woman in the case.
564
00:48:18,271 --> 00:48:20,106
And a woman of expensive taste.
565
00:48:21,274 --> 00:48:23,234
Liberal though you are
with your servants,
566
00:48:24,193 --> 00:48:26,446
I'm sure they're not able to afford
567
00:48:26,571 --> 00:48:30,950
twenty-two guinea, walking
dresses for their ladies.
568
00:48:32,327 --> 00:48:34,454
Mrs. Straker never had
one by her own admission.
569
00:48:36,998 --> 00:48:38,917
When I visited Bond
Street the other morning,
570
00:48:39,834 --> 00:48:44,088
I showed Madame Lesurier
this photograph of Straker.
571
00:48:49,093 --> 00:48:50,428
She recognized him
572
00:48:51,554 --> 00:48:55,099
as an extremely good customer
called William Derbyshire
573
00:48:58,311 --> 00:49:02,315
with a very dashing young wife
with a partiality for expensive dresses.
574
00:49:02,649 --> 00:49:04,317
Women! Women!
575
00:49:06,027 --> 00:49:08,988
I suppose it was she who plunged
him head over heels into debt
576
00:49:09,155 --> 00:49:11,741
and so left him to his miserable plot.
577
00:49:14,827 --> 00:49:19,999
Straker let out Silver Blaze
into the hollow
578
00:49:21,501 --> 00:49:25,088
where his light would not
be visible from the yard.
579
00:49:29,008 --> 00:49:31,803
Simpson in his flight
had dropped his scarf.
580
00:49:33,096 --> 00:49:37,684
Straker picked it up
with the idea, no doubt
581
00:49:38,017 --> 00:49:40,812
that he might use it
in securing the horses leg.
582
00:49:44,649 --> 00:49:46,859
Straker was able to light his candle
583
00:49:48,027 --> 00:49:53,199
but just as he had the knife ready
the horse lashed out
584
00:49:53,866 --> 00:49:56,202
and caught him a fatal
blow on the forehead.
585
00:50:07,880 --> 00:50:11,384
Why? And why did the horse
lash out so suddenly?
586
00:50:11,801 --> 00:50:14,137
Frightened by the candle, the knife?
587
00:50:14,345 --> 00:50:17,557
Well animals have a strange instinct.
588
00:50:18,641 --> 00:50:21,894
They seem to know
when some mischief is intended.
589
00:50:32,071 --> 00:50:34,240
My final shot I must
confess, was a long one.
590
00:50:36,284 --> 00:50:38,995
It struck me that such astute man,
as Straker
591
00:50:39,537 --> 00:50:44,584
would not undertake this tendon-nicking
without a little practice.
592
00:50:52,467 --> 00:50:55,428
The sheep! Of course!
593
00:50:56,012 --> 00:50:57,430
Wonderful, my dear.
594
00:50:59,599 --> 00:51:03,269
Now you've explained
all but one thing.
595
00:51:04,270 --> 00:51:06,773
The horse.
Now where was the horse?
596
00:51:07,774 --> 00:51:09,192
Well I think we must have
597
00:51:11,569 --> 00:51:13,613
a little amnesty in
that direction, Colonel.
598
00:51:16,657 --> 00:51:20,745
It bolted and was looked after
by one of your neighbors.
599
00:51:34,050 --> 00:51:35,802
Gentlemen I give you a toast
600
00:51:37,136 --> 00:51:38,387
to Silver Blaze
601
00:51:38,971 --> 00:51:41,265
coupled with the names
of my friends,
602
00:51:41,641 --> 00:51:44,644
Mr. Sherlock Holmes and
Doctor Watson.
603
00:51:52,819 --> 00:51:53,820
To Silver Blaze.
45045
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