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Silver Blaze: Holmes investigates the disappearance of a champion racehorse and the murder of its trainer on a lonely moor. Starring: Jeremy Brett, Edward Hardwicke, Peter Barkworth.
Silver Blaze: Holmes investigates the disappearance of a champion racehorse and the murder of its trainer on a lonely moor. Starring: Jeremy Brett, Edward Hardwicke, Peter Barkworth.
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00:00The End
02:29It's no good.
02:31I shall have to go.
02:32Go?
02:33Go where?
02:36King's Pylon.
02:37Last evening, Inspector Gregory of the Devonshire Constabulary arrested well-known racing personality Fitzroy Simpson and charged him with the murder of trainer John Straker.
02:50Oh, come in.
02:51Two more telegrams, Mr. Holmes.
02:57Thank you, Mrs. Hudson.
02:58You've been bombarded with these the last couple of days.
03:01Another one from Inspector Gregory.
03:04And one from Colonel Ross.
03:05Ah, that's the horse's owner.
03:07Thank you, my dear.
03:08Watson, I have made a blunder, which I am afraid is a more common occurrence than anyone would think, who only knew me through your memoirs.
03:21But the fact is that I could not believe that so remarkable a horse as Silverblades could disappear.
03:26Especially in the seclusion of somewhere like the north of Dartmoor.
03:30From hour to hour I'm expected to hear that the abductor was the murder of John Straker and the horse had been found.
03:35But that doesn't seem to be the case.
03:36However, I should be happy to go with you.
03:40No, tell us, Doc.
03:42If I should not be in the way.
03:47Oh, my dear Watson.
03:49You would confer a great favour upon me by coming.
03:52I'm sure your time will not be misspent.
03:54The case promises to be absolutely unique.
03:58We can just catch our train from Paddington.
04:00But Watson, would you be so kind as to bring your field glasses?
04:04Ha!
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04:36Tickets, please.
04:46Thank you, Inspector.
05:00Watson, we're going well.
05:03Our speed at present
05:04is 53 and a half miles an hour.
05:10I've not observed the quarter-mile posts.
05:13No, I.
05:15But the telegraph posts on this line
05:17are 60 yards apart.
05:21Calculation is a simple one.
05:31Has that remarkably coloured sporting paper
05:33anything to say on the subject of our force?
05:35What?
05:36Oh.
05:38Yes.
05:39Yes.
05:45Here we are.
05:47Silver Blaze.
05:49Silver Blaze is from
05:51Isonomy stock.
05:52And holds as brilliant a record
05:55as his famous ancestor.
05:58He's now in his fifth year
05:59and has bought in turn
06:01each of the prizes of the turf
06:03to Colonel Ross's fortunate owner.
06:07At the time of the catastrophe,
06:09he was first favourite
06:10for the Wessex Cup,
06:11the odds quoted being two-to-one against.
06:16He's always been a prime favourite
06:18with the racing public
06:18and has never yet disappointed them.
06:22In spite of the unfavourable price,
06:24a great deal of money
06:25has been placed upon him.
06:27So it is obvious, therefore,
06:28that there are many people
06:30with the strongest interest
06:32in preventing Silver Blaze
06:34from being there
06:35at the fall of the flag.
06:50All right, Blaze,
06:51will you stop here, please,
06:52because this is rather a good view.
06:53Now, that's King's Pyland
06:57over there, Mr. Holmes.
06:59You know, my training stable
07:00where the missing horse was kept.
07:02What exactly does your establishment
07:03consist of, Colonel Ross?
07:05Well, uh,
07:07there's a trainer's house
07:08where poor Straker lived
07:10with his wife and a maidservant.
07:13How long had he been with you, sir?
07:15Oh, five years as a jockey
07:17until he got too heavy
07:18for the Wainshire.
07:19Then, seven years as my trainer.
07:23Yes, he was a first-class man.
07:26And I presume the stables are beyond?
07:28Yes, yes, not a big yard.
07:29It's a good one.
07:32My son is quality, not quantity.
07:34As anyone connected
07:35with the turf will tell you, Mr. Holmes.
07:37Yes, thank you, Inspector.
07:38You see, um,
07:39at the moment I have only
07:40five horses in the yard.
07:43I see you have two of them
07:45entered for the Wessex Cup, Colonel Ross.
07:47That's right, yes.
07:48Yes, Silver Blaze and Bayard.
07:50But between ourselves,
07:51Bayard is intended
07:52for a pacemaker.
07:54Well, with such valuable animals
07:56under his charge,
07:57I imagine your trainer,
07:58Mr. Straker,
07:59must have taken some precautions.
08:01Oh, yes, indeed.
08:03Three stable lads
08:04live with the horses.
08:06And, uh, after dark,
08:07one of the lads
08:08was always on duty
08:09in the stables
08:09while the other two
08:10sleep above in loft.
08:11Is that another training stable
08:15over there?
08:16Yes, that's Mapleton.
08:18That's Lord Backwater's yard.
08:20Oh, Lord Backwater.
08:21Lord Backwater owns Desborough,
08:23the second favourite
08:24for the Wessex Cup.
08:25This is not a bad horse.
08:27Not in the same class
08:28as Silver Blaze.
08:31Fellow called
08:31Silas Brown
08:34trains for Backwater.
08:36Can't stick the fellow himself.
08:38Nor could Straker
08:38come to that.
08:39It's a natural rivalry,
08:41I presume.
08:42Rather more than that.
08:45Shall we drive on?
08:46Yes.
08:47All right, Baines.
08:54Inspector Gregory,
08:55are there any further developments
08:56as to the whereabouts
08:57of the horse?
08:58Nothing at all.
09:00We have made
09:01very little progress
09:02in that direction.
09:04I can't imagine
09:05how a horse like Silver Blaze
09:06could go missing
09:07for so long
09:08in a place like this.
09:09Nor can I.
09:11I must tell you,
09:12Mr Holmes,
09:12that at first
09:13I was not at all taken
09:14with Inspector Gregory's
09:15suggestion that you
09:16should be asked
09:16to come down here.
09:18Because I don't like
09:18amateurs, you see.
09:23Ha!
09:25But you did send me
09:26a telegram, Colonel.
09:27Well, no one else
09:28seems to be able
09:29to find my horse.
09:31If you ask me,
09:32it's these damned gypsies
09:34wandering all over the world.
09:36It's a perfect scandal.
09:37I've said so for years.
09:38My men have seen
09:40every group of gypsies
09:41on Dartmoor
09:41in the last two days,
09:43Colonel,
09:43and searched every stable yard,
09:45quarry, and cave
09:46in South Devon.
09:48It's an absolute mystery.
09:49Good job.
09:59Good!
10:08Good job!
10:12Good job!
10:16I expect a miracle from you, Mr. Holmes.
10:30Inspector Gregory, my friends at Scotland Yard tell me that you're rapidly making a reputation
10:48for yourself in the English detective service.
10:51I'm a keen student of your methods too, Mr. Holmes.
10:55I have the two principal witnesses waiting for you.
10:57I have the two principal witnesses.
11:27I have the two principal witnesses.
11:34In here, Mr. Holmes.
11:55Who are they?
11:56Edith Baxter, the maid, and Hunter, the stable boy who was on duty on Monday night.
12:04It was just a few minutes after nine o'clock, sir.
12:15I was carrying Mr. Hunter's supper across from the house.
12:18Ah, but, Ms. Baxter, what did the supper consist of?
12:23It was a dish of curried mutton, sir.
13:04Suddenly I heard a man's voice.
13:12Didn't have to give me a turn.
13:13I can tell you, sir.
13:16Excuse me, miss.
13:17What do you want, sir?
13:20Can you tell me where I am?
13:22I'd almost made up my mind to sleep on the moor when I saw the light.
13:26This is King's Pile in training stables, sir.
13:31What a stroke of luck.
13:34I understand there's a stable lad who sleeps here at night.
13:40No doubt that's his supper you have there.
13:44I'm sure you wouldn't be too proud to earn yourself the price of a new dress, would you?
13:50See, the boy has this tonight, and you shall have the prettiest frock money can buy.
13:54I couldn't.
13:58Ned!
13:59Ned!
14:01Ned!
14:02There's a man.
14:03Stop me out there.
14:04I'm ever so frightened.
14:06What did he want?
14:07He asked after you.
14:08He asked me to give you something.
14:10What was it?
14:11I don't know.
14:13It was white.
14:14Where is he now?
14:15He's gone.
14:15We best cut back up the house quick.
14:19Tell the governor.
14:20Yes, then.
14:20Good evening.
14:43I want a word with you.
14:45What business have you here?
14:46It's a business that may put something in your pocket, my lad.
14:51Now, you've two horses entered in the Wessex Cup.
14:54Silverblaze and Bayard.
14:56Let me have the straight tip and you won't be the loser.
15:00Is it the fact that at the wakes, Bayard couldn't give the other 100 yards in five furlongs,
15:05and the stable of...
15:05We don't need them tucks round here.
15:07Get out!
15:07Get out!
15:07The governor and the others came down soon enough.
15:26We found neither sight nor sound of the man.
15:28One moment.
15:30When you let the dog out, did you leave the door open behind you?
15:33Oh, excellent, Watson.
15:35Excellent.
15:35It's just the point I was getting to make.
15:37I locked the door behind me, sir.
15:39I swear it.
15:40Good luck.
15:47Does Fitzroy Simpson admit to all this?
15:50He denies nothing.
15:54He says he came for information.
15:58What about the white paper?
15:59He says it was a five-pound note.
16:01Thank you, sir.
16:02Thank you, sir.
16:07What happened next?
16:10Well, sir, it was about dawn when the mistress came into my bedroom and told me to come with her.
16:18Well, wouldn't she won't?
16:19She'd found Mr. Straker's bed empty.
16:20Heavens.
16:33Heavens.
16:34The horse is gone.
16:37And the bridal.
16:45Ned.
16:46Wake up.
16:47Wake the boys.
16:48Ned.
16:49Ned.
16:49Ned.
16:49Ned.
16:50Wake up.
16:51Wake up, Ned.
16:53Bill.
16:54Nubby.
16:55Come quick.
16:56Silver blaze is gone.
16:57Huh?
16:57噗.
16:58Over here!
17:26Over here!
17:56He was dead, sir.
18:14His head was all knocked in.
18:25It was terrible.
18:55It was the terrible blow on the head from some blunt instrument that had killed him.
19:00It was clear that he had defended himself most vigorously.
19:04The bloodstained knife.
19:07As to the wound on the thigh, who can tell?
19:09Well, it is possible that the wound on the thigh could have been caused a stroke of fowl.
19:14The lad here was drugged.
19:17Appreciable quantities of powdered opium were found in his curry.
19:22Did all the household eat the same dish?
19:24Yes, sir.
19:25I made it myself and served it.
19:32This black and red scarf.
19:34The gentleman was wearing that scarf when he talked to me.
19:37I'd swear that on the Bible, sir.
19:40Thank you, sir.
19:44Look.
19:45Stop it.
19:46Stop it.
19:47Come on.
19:48Oh!
19:49Take it.
19:50Good boy.
19:51Good boy.
19:52Take it.
19:53Take it, fly too.
19:54Stop it.
19:55Come on.
19:56Oh, shit.
19:57Stop it.
19:59Good boy.
20:00Take it.
20:01my theory is that simpson was under some strong obligation to noble or otherwise
20:11incapacitate this horse so that he would be unable to run in the wessex cup clever
20:16move that putting opium in the boys food and easy enough through that window yes
20:19then it was simple he'd obtained a duplicate key led out the horse it was
20:26his bad luck that straker was alert enough to catch him up on the moor in
20:29the struggle the horse bolted there's no proof that simpson killed straker
20:34the evidence against him is very strong he was undoubtedly here that night on
20:38some devious business he poisoned the stable lad he had in his hand a heavy
20:42stick weighted with lead and his scarf was found in the dead man's hand and he
20:46went pale as death when I confronted him with that fact I really think we have
20:49enough to go before a jury no no no inspector a clever counsel would turn it
20:55all the rags has a duplicate key been found in his possession
21:00no but what chemist sold him the powdered opium and above all how could he a
21:05stranger in this district hide a horse and such a horse a silver blaze I agree the
21:09evidence is circumstantial but I think the net is drawn pretty tightly around Fitzroy
21:14Simpson and I believe he is our man what sort of a fellow is he why would he do
21:21such a thing Fitzroy Simpson is a man of excellent birth and dedication
21:26unfortunately he has squandered a fortune on the turf which has put him in the
21:30hands of moneylenders and unscrupulous bookmakers plenty of those sharks in the
21:34racing world I didn't know that you were betting man what's it what who just the
21:38occasional flutter I presume an inventory has been made about straker had in his
21:46pockets at the time of his death I have the things themselves in the sitting room if you would care to see them
21:50hmm
22:13Vice and Co London hmm for the bloodstains I presume this is the knife that was found in the
22:20dead man's grasp yes indeed this is more than your line doctor this is what we
22:26call a cataract knife very delicate blade devised for very delicate work
22:32strange thing for a man to take on so rough an expedition homes especially as
22:37it wouldn't shut in his pocket the tip was guarded by a disc of cork which we
22:41found beside the body you impressed me inspector thank you
22:44mr. straker said it was on the dressing table it was probably the nearest thing
22:47to hand at the time I see I see corn merchants bill instructions of colonel
22:57Ross a milliner's account 37 pounds 15 shillings from a madam
23:05Missouri of Bond Street London to mr. William Derbyshire now mrs. straker tells
23:10that Derbyshire is a friend of her husband and occasionally had his letters
23:13addressed here hmm 22 goodies somewhat heavy for a single costume this is
23:22Derbyshire had rather expensive days yes well there appears to be nothing more to
23:27learn here inspector shall we move on to the scene of the crowd yes of course
23:32after those have you got them inspector is there any more news I'm afraid not mrs. straker but mr.
23:52holmes and dr. Watson have come down from London to help us assure you we're doing everything possible I wish
23:59you good luck mr. Holmes well thank you madam and I commiserations on your great
24:04large look surely we met at a garden party in Plymouth some time ago no sir you are
24:15mistaken no do you know I could have sworn it you're a costume of dove colored silk with
24:23ostrich feather trimming I never had such a dress sir that quite settles it thank you
24:33that is the bush where the coat was hanging what was the weather like oh calm bit of rain about
24:45the coat and the coat was not blown against the bush but placed there yes it was placed inspector no no no no
24:53so many people have trampled around this land there have been many people here piece of
25:06matting has been placed there and we have all stood upon that not the general public I have in this bag
25:11one of the boots John Straker war one of Fitzroy Simpson shoes and the cast horseshoe of silver blaze thank you inspector
25:41the
25:54so
25:55I'm
25:56I'm
25:59I'm
26:01I'm
26:03I'm
26:05I'm
26:06I'm
26:07and
26:08Let's go.
26:38Waxfester.
26:40Candlehead.
26:42I cannot understand how I came to overlook them.
26:46They were invisible, buried in the mud.
26:48I only saw them because I was looking for them.
26:51What?
26:52You expected to find them?
26:54I thought it not unlikely.
26:59I'm afraid there are no more tracks.
27:01I've examined the ground for a hundred yards in every direction.
27:05What a pleasant evening.
27:07I think I'll take a walk, stretch my legs.
27:09Watson?
27:10Yes, indeed.
27:11I'll take this, for luck.
27:12I have some work to do in the house.
27:13Then Colonel Ross is coming to take us back to Tavistock.
27:16…
27:22…
27:24…
27:25…
27:26…
27:27…
27:28Let's go.
27:58Supposing Silverblades broke away, I mean, where would he have gone?
28:15If he'd run loose on the moor, he'd surely have been seen by now.
28:19Perhaps the gypsy theory's correct.
28:21No, no, no, no, no.
28:23A horse is a most gregarious creature.
28:28Now, he did not go back to King's Pyland, to his own stable, so he must have gone to Mapleton.
28:40Now, let us use that as a working hypothesis.
28:42The ground around here is very hard and dry, but over there, in that hollow, it must have been very wet on Monday night.
28:50If our supposition is correct, he must have crossed it.
28:57What's the...
29:15Why, George, look at that.
29:28You see, the value of imagination is the one quality which Inspector Gregory lacks.
29:37We imagined what might have happened, acted upon the supposition, and find ourselves justified.
29:43Let us receive.
29:43Look!
29:44Look!
29:45Look!
29:46Look!
29:47Look!
29:48Hmm.
29:49Hmm.
29:50Hmm.
29:51Hmm.
29:52Hmm.
29:53Hmm.
29:54Oh.
29:55Go, look.
29:57Oh.
29:59Oh, no.
30:00Out of her turn, whok!
30:04Thank you so much for this.
30:08Look there!
30:13Horse and man turned.
30:43No loitering round here.
31:01Haven't you got eyes in your head?
31:03I wanted to ask you a question.
31:05Should I be too early to see Mr. Silas Brown if I was to call around here at 5.30 tomorrow morning?
31:10I shouldn't be speaking to you by rates.
31:13Here, lad.
31:19May I please accept?
31:23Bless you, sir. You're a gentleman.
31:27Mr. Brown's the early bird round here, all right?
31:30Darson, what are you doing gossiping with strangers?
31:34Be about your business.
31:37What the devil do you two want round here?
31:40Just a few minutes of your time, Mr. Brown.
31:42I'll be off with you or you'll find the dog on your heels.
31:48Why should I talk every gad about stranger on the moor?
31:52I'll give you instant dismissal from Lord Backwater's service.
31:58And a stiffish prison sentence.
32:02Keep guard.
32:03Keep guard.
32:04Keep guard.
32:08Keep guard.
32:10Keep guard.
32:11Keep guard.
32:13Keep guard.
32:15Keep guard.
32:16Keep guard.
32:17Ha ho ho ho ho!
32:19Keep guard question.
32:21early Tuesday morning you were about the yard as usual when you saw a horse on the moor when you
32:38approached it you realized that it wasn't a strange horse at all but one that you
32:41knew very well the first instinct was to lead silver silver blaze back to King's
32:52parliament but then the devil put other ideas into your head there's a chance to
32:58make a great deal of money it occurred to you that if you were to hide
33:05the horse you've been watching me and you you've been spying on me sir
33:21I do what you want
33:34if it's money you want
33:48you shall have it
33:51you will do exactly as I tell you
34:03a more perfect compound of the bully coward and sneak than master silas brown I've seldom met with
34:20he has the horse then of course but his stables have been searched an old faker like him knows
34:26many a dodge Watson I don't know whether you observed but Colonel Ross's manner to me has
34:33been somewhat cavalier I'm inclined to have a little amusement at his expense say
34:38nothing to him about the horse I shall say nothing without your permission splendid
34:42we have found traces which show that a party of gypsies encamped on Monday night within a mile of
34:49whether murder took place Fitzroy Simpson may well have an understanding with them over hiding the
34:55horse nevertheless I think I owe it to the public to remove silver blaze's name for the entrance for
35:03the cup no certainly not Colonel I should let the name stand but I've already withdrawn by out but I have
35:09any hope that silver blaze will start on Saturday have your jock in readiness I'm
35:15very glad to have your opinion sir that is a minor point of course compared with the
35:22question of who killed John Straker doubtless you will be devoting yourself to that
35:27problem country dr. Watson and I are taking the night express to London we've had the
35:34most charming little breath of your country air so you've despaired already of arresting the
35:42murderer poor John Straker there are certain grave difficulties do you have a photograph of
35:49Straker thank you inspector I am quite ready now for Tavistock linger
35:55I must say I'm rather disappointed in a London consultant I don't see that we're any further
36:06than when he came at least you have his assurance colonel that your horse will run oh yes I have
36:11his assurance I should prefer to have the horse I think you should heed mr. Holmes advice colonel
36:16well I shall have to see
36:19excuse me who looks after these sheep I do sir have you noticed something amiss of late
36:38oh sir well it's not much account but three of them have gone lame
36:44a long shot Watson a very long shot after you inspector I'd like to recommend to you the
36:57singular epidemic among the sheep you rarely consider that to be important exceedingly so
37:04all right Baines
37:07is there any other point to which you wish to draw my attention mr. Holmes
37:23to the curious incident of the dog in the night time but the dog did nothing in the night time
37:32that is the curious incident
37:39yes
37:41yes
37:45yes
37:47yes
37:49yes
37:50yes
37:51yes
37:52yes
37:53yes
37:54yes
37:55yes
37:56yes
37:57yes
37:58yes
37:59yes
38:00yes
38:03yes
38:08where the devil is my horse home no no no no no where the devil is he
38:12I suppose colonel that you would recognize him if you saw him
38:15no my own horse
38:17true no I've been on the turf for 20 years and I've never been on such a damn fool question before
38:23what trial for no silver blaze for the white star on his forehead and mottled hind leg
38:30I suppose you realize that if my horse doesn't run
38:33well quite apart from being lynched by the crowd I shall be up before the stewards
38:38probably warned off every racecourse in England for life reputation ruined
38:42well let us hope it does not come to that girl
38:45here's dr. Watson
38:50and this
38:53colonel
38:55is your horse
38:58that's not my horse Holmes
39:00good god man what have you done
39:13thank you
39:19oh my beauty
39:20there
39:31there
39:32colonel
39:34is your silver blaze
39:38i found him in the hands of a faker
39:40and brought him to the course just as he was
39:42he was.
39:51You take my breath away, Mr. Holmes.
40:12It's time to go.
40:19Get out!
40:21Third and move.
40:22Five to four to five.
40:25Six to one.
40:27Five to four to five.
40:29Six to one.
40:36Three to one, Desperate!
40:39Silverblades.
40:41If he runs, my lord, to win or place, my lord?
40:44To win, of course.
40:48Any more like you and I?
40:51Half-gold!
40:52Half-gold!
40:53Half-gold!
41:09Come on, Hazel Khan!
41:12Come on!
41:13What's the matter with a damn horse?
41:16What have you done to him, Holmes?
41:18He's even missing his pacemaker.
41:20I've never withdrawn, Bayard.
41:24He's breaking through!
41:28Come on, Silver, please!
41:30Come on, Silver, please!
41:32Come on, Slipers!
41:34Oh, come on, come on, come on!
41:36You've got to win! You've got to win!
41:37You've got to win!
41:48Silver, please!
41:50Oh, you've done wonders, Mr. Holmes!
42:07And, um, I owe you a thousand apologies for having doubted your ability.
42:13Now, you've done me a great service by recovering my horse.
42:18You'd do me a greater still if you could lay your hands on the murderer of John Straker.
42:23I've done so.
42:25What?
42:26What's all this about if you've got him? Where is he, then?
42:29He's here.
42:29Yeah, well, someone who's in our presence at this very moment.
42:36Yes, I quite recognise that I'm under obligations to you, Mr. Holmes, but this is either a very bad joke or an insult.
42:43No, the real murderer, the colonel, is standing immediately behind you.
42:48What horse?
42:50Yes, the horse.
42:51And it may lessen his guilt if I say that he was done entirely in self-defence.
43:01And that John Straker
43:02was a man quite unworthy of your trust.
43:06Number four, sir. Winner.
43:17Number four, sir. Winner.
43:36Come on, Ross.
43:42Yes.
43:44Yes, thank you very much.
43:52I hit the glass door.
43:54You're better.
43:56Thank you very much.
44:04Thank you very much.
44:06Thank you very much.
44:36Thank you very much.
44:37Thank you very much.
44:38Thank you very much.
44:39Thank you very much.
44:48I confess, Campbell, that when we came down to King's Power,
44:51that I was convinced that Fitzroy Simpson was the true culprit.
44:54All the newspaper and police reports seemed to point to it.
44:58It was only when I entered the trainer's house
45:01that the immense significance of the cut of mutton occurred to me.
45:06I confess, but even now I cannot see how it happens.
45:11Powdered opium, Colonel, is by no means tasteless.
45:14I am correct.
45:16Oh, quite correct.
45:17The flavor is not distasteful, but it is perceptible.
45:21Were it mixed with an ordinary dish,
45:23the eater would undoubtedly detect it,
45:25but would probably eat no more.
45:27Curry was exactly the medium with which to disguise the taste.
45:30So it must have been Straker or his wife.
45:34Exactly.
45:37Because I remember you spoke of a dog.
45:39Yes, the dog that didn't bark in the night.
45:50Well, someone had been into the stable
45:52and taken out the horse,
45:54and the dog had not barked.
45:56So obviously this midnight visitor
45:58was someone the dogly will.
46:00I wasn't really convinced that it was Straker.
46:02But for what purpose should he take out the horse
46:05and drug his own stable boy?
46:07Well, a dishonest one, obviously.
46:10There have been cases before now
46:12where trainers have made great sums of money
46:14by laying against their own horses
46:16and then preventing them from winning.
46:18Well, sometimes you get a pulling jockey, I will say that.
46:22Sometimes...
46:23by surer and more subtle means.
46:28This...
46:33singular knife
46:34which was found
46:36in the dead man's hand
46:38and which no sane man
46:41would use as a weapon.
46:42Right, Doctor?
46:43Yes, only...
46:44only used it in the most delicate operations.
46:48It was used for a very delicate operation, that night.
46:55Excuse me.
46:56as you know, Colonel
47:02with your wide knowledge of
47:05turf matters
47:07that it is possible
47:09to make a slight nick
47:12in the horse's tendon
47:13and do it subcutaneously.
47:17any slight lameness
47:29will be put down
47:30to a strain in training
47:32or a bruise
47:32never foul play.
47:33the villain
47:35the damn scoundrel.
47:38Not an operation to be done in a stable
47:40no food for me.
47:43So sensitive a creature
47:44would arouse the soundest of sleepers.
47:48I've been blind
47:49and Gregory too.
47:50Of course, that's why he needed the candle
47:52and struck the match.
47:53when I examined Straker's belongings
47:57I was fortunate enough to discover
47:59not only the method of the crime
48:01but also the motive.
48:06Most men do not carry
48:07other people's bills
48:08in their pockets.
48:11From this I concluded
48:11that Straker
48:12was leading a double life.
48:15The nature of the bill
48:16shows that there was a woman
48:17in the case
48:18and a woman of expensive tastes.
48:22Liberal though you are
48:23with your servants.
48:25I'm sure they're not able
48:26to afford
48:2722 guinea walking dresses
48:30for their ladies.
48:33Mrs. Straker never had one
48:34by her own admission.
48:37When I visited Bond Street
48:39the other morning
48:39I showed Madame Le Surier
48:42this photograph of Straker.
48:50She recognized him
48:51there was an extremely good customer
48:53called
48:54William Derbyshire.
48:59She had a very dashing young wife
49:00with a partiality
49:02for expensive dresses.
49:03Women.
49:04Women!
49:06I suppose it was she
49:07who plunged him
49:08head over heels
49:09into debt
49:10and so led him
49:11to this miserable plot.
49:15Straker
49:16led out Silver Blaze
49:19into the hollow
49:20where it's light
49:23would not be visible
49:25from the yard.
49:30Simpson in his flight
49:31had dropped his scarf.
49:34Straker
49:34picked it up
49:36with the idea
49:37no doubt
49:38that he might use it
49:40in securing the horse's leg.
49:41Straker
49:46was able
49:46to light his candle
49:47but
49:49just
49:50as he had
49:51the knife ready
49:51the horse
49:53lashed out
49:54and caught him
49:55a fatal blow
49:56on the forehead.
49:57why?
50:10why did the horse
50:11lash out so suddenly
50:12frightened by the
50:13candle
50:14the knife?
50:15well animals
50:16have a
50:16strange instinct
50:18they seem to know
50:20when some
50:21mischief is intended
50:22my final shot
50:34I must confess
50:34was a long one
50:35it struck me
50:38that such an astute man
50:39as Straker
50:39would not undertake
50:41this
50:42tendon nicking
50:43without a little
50:44practice
50:45man
50:47the sheep
50:54of course
50:56wonderful my dear
50:58Holmes
50:58now you've explained
51:01all but one thing
51:04the horse
51:06now where
51:06was the horse?
51:08well I think we must have
51:10a little amnesty
51:13in that direction
51:14colonel
51:14it bolted
51:18and was looked after
51:20by one of your neighbours
51:21gentlemen
51:35I give you a toast
51:36to Silverblaze
51:39coupled with the names
51:41of my friends
51:42Mr. Sherlock Holmes
51:43and Dr. Watson
51:45to Silverblaze
51:54the horse
51:55and Dr. Watson
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