Bookmaker Fitzroy Simpson had come to Dartmoor (and specifically to King's Pyland) to gather information about Silver Blaze and his stablemate Bayard. Holmes and Watson arrive at King's Pyland, from which Silver Blaze is missing. Sherlock Holmes and his partner Dr Watson travel by train to Dartmoor to investigate a crime of disappearance of the great race horse Silver Blaze and the murder of the horse's trainer, John Straker. The body of John Straker, 1893 illustration by W. The plotting hinges on the "curious incident of the dog in the night-time": The tale is distinguished by its atmospheric Dartmoor setting and late-Victorian sporting milieu. One of the most popular Sherlock Holmes short stories, "Silver Blaze" focuses on the disappearance of the eponymous race horse (a famous winner, owned by a Colonel Ross) on the eve of an important race and on the apparent murder of its trainer. ĭoyle considered "Silver Blaze" among his favourite Sherlock Holmes stories. It was first published in The Strand Magazine in December 1892. " The Adventure of Silver Blaze", one of the 56 Sherlock Holmes short stories written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, is the first from the 12 in the cycle collected as The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes. The eponymous racehorse Silver Blaze, 1892 illustration by Sidney Paget in The Strand Magazine
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