Silver Blaze
The title of this book is Sherlock Holmes stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. It talks about mysterious and difficult cases that were solved by Sherlock Holmes.
In this chapter Holmes and Watson are interested in the disapperance of the racehorse Silver Blaze and the murder of it’s trainer Straker. The owner of the horse is Colonel Ross and he sent several telegrams asking for Holmes help.
On Monday night Straker’s maid and Ned, one of the stable boys, saw a stranger leaning through the small stable window, later that night Straker walked to the stables but he never returned, he was found dead and Silver Blaze gone. Gregory, the officer in charge arrested the stranger named Simpson, he was a bettor and has bet five thousand pounds against Silver Blaze.
Holmes asked Gregory to see what Straker had in his pockets and there was a box of matches, some papers and a small knife, later they arrived at the place where the body was found and saw a half burnt match.
They began thinking where the horse could possibly go, the walked through a low-lying land and saw the marks of a horse and beside it some footprints, they followed it and arrived to Mapleton stable, which trainer was Silas Brown; Holmes described to him exactly his actions and he thought Holmes actually watched him.
Four days later Holmes and Watson went to the career and Silver Blaze name had remained in the race, the Colonel’s horse won easily; the horse was the same and Holmes told them that the murderer killed to save himself and that Straker wasn’t the honest man he appeared. Holmes explained later that with the knife in Straker’s pocket, he cut the horse’s leg, he needed money because he had a lady friend so he was going to make Silver Blaze lame and bit on another horse. The bright candle scared the horse and it hit Strake. So the horse was loocked by a neightboor.
I felt more confused with this chapter than with the others I have read , it’s well complete with intrigue and we start imagining many different solutions to the case. The author really made me feel a little confused when I imagined Sherlock doubting but at the end we discovered that he knew, almost since the beginning, the truth.
It’s really a good story, it’s very well written but I think that Watson should be more helpfull for Holmes, I would like that he had more participation finding some clues or studying more the evidences also.
The title of this book is Sherlock Holmes stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. It talks about mysterious and difficult cases that were solved by Sherlock Holmes.
In this chapter Holmes and Watson are interested in the disapperance of the racehorse Silver Blaze and the murder of it’s trainer Straker. The owner of the horse is Colonel Ross and he sent several telegrams asking for Holmes help.
On Monday night Straker’s maid and Ned, one of the stable boys, saw a stranger leaning through the small stable window, later that night Straker walked to the stables but he never returned, he was found dead and Silver Blaze gone. Gregory, the officer in charge arrested the stranger named Simpson, he was a bettor and has bet five thousand pounds against Silver Blaze.
Holmes asked Gregory to see what Straker had in his pockets and there was a box of matches, some papers and a small knife, later they arrived at the place where the body was found and saw a half burnt match.
They began thinking where the horse could possibly go, the walked through a low-lying land and saw the marks of a horse and beside it some footprints, they followed it and arrived to Mapleton stable, which trainer was Silas Brown; Holmes described to him exactly his actions and he thought Holmes actually watched him.
Four days later Holmes and Watson went to the career and Silver Blaze name had remained in the race, the Colonel’s horse won easily; the horse was the same and Holmes told them that the murderer killed to save himself and that Straker wasn’t the honest man he appeared. Holmes explained later that with the knife in Straker’s pocket, he cut the horse’s leg, he needed money because he had a lady friend so he was going to make Silver Blaze lame and bit on another horse. The bright candle scared the horse and it hit Strake. So the horse was loocked by a neightboor.
I felt more confused with this chapter than with the others I have read , it’s well complete with intrigue and we start imagining many different solutions to the case. The author really made me feel a little confused when I imagined Sherlock doubting but at the end we discovered that he knew, almost since the beginning, the truth.
It’s really a good story, it’s very well written but I think that Watson should be more helpfull for Holmes, I would like that he had more participation finding some clues or studying more the evidences also.
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I liked your comments about Holmes participation in finding clues.
Mar: 9
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