"Silver Blaze", one of the 56 Sherlock Holmes short stories written by British author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, is one of the twelve in the cycle collected as The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes. It was adapted in 1937 in the film starring Arthur Wontner. The 1988 Granada TV version with Jeremy Brett was faithful to the original story.
One of the most popular of the stories, "Silver Blaze" focuses on the disappearance of the eponymous race horse named S...
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"Silver Blaze", one of the 56 Sherlock Holmes short stories written by British author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, is one of the twelve in the cycle collected as The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes. It was adapted in 1937 in the film starring Arthur Wontner. The 1988 Granada TV version with Jeremy Brett was faithful to the original story.
One of the most popular of the stories, "Silver Blaze" focuses on the disappearance of the eponymous race horse named Silver Blaze, a famous winner, on the eve of an important race and on the apparent murder of its trainer, John Straker. The tale is distinguished by its atmospheric Dartmoor setting, and late Victorian sporting milieu. It also features some of Conan Doyle's most effective plotting, hinging on the famed "curious incident of the dog in the night-time":
(This scene was the inspiration for the title of the 2003 book by Mark Haddon.)
The aforesaid Inspector Gregory has already arrested a man in connection with John Straker's murder by the time...
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