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Sherlock holmes and the sport of kings

Horse racing is very popular in England, among the rich.That’s why it is also called ‘the Sport of Kings’.People put bets on their favourite horse and when the horse wins, they can get a lot of money.But what happens when the favourite horse is miing?

Silver Blaze was a famous racehorse and his trainer was John Straker, a good man and wonderful with horses.But one night,someone killed him and Silver Blaze disapeared.Mr.Ro, the owner of Silver Blaze was very worried and asked Sherlock Holmes for help.And so Sherlock Holmes and his friend Dr Watson began looking for clues.Detectives must see, hearis the favourite for a big race in a week′time, and his owner, Mr.Po,is hoping to win this race.But first ,he needs to find his horse.There is also a dead man in the case.His name is John Straker, Silver Blaze′s trainer.His wife found his body in the mud not far from the stables.And inspector Gregory needs to find the killer.There were three stable boys.Two of them went to the trainer's house for dinner, but the third one, Ned Hunter, stayed in the stables with the horses.A servant girl carried his dinner, hot meat curry to him.A stranger asked them about the horses but they didn't answer.The next day, they found Ned Hunter sleeping deeply.Someone put opium in his dinner.Who? Later, Holmes and Watson found a box of matches, a small piece of candle, some papers for a Mr.Darbyshire and a small, thin knife.It was an eye knife.How strange!‘ Why did Straker take this knife?' Holmes asked, ‘ It's not good for fighting.' He thought carefully for some time and talked to John Straker's wife.Then he began to

The killer of John Straker was Silver Blaze, the racehorse.Straker needed money for a lady called Mrs.Darbyshire, so he put big bets against Silver Blaze.That night, he secretly took the horse out of the stable and wanted to make a small cut in its tendon.He wanted Silver Blaze fail in winning the race.What a dishonest man!But Silver Blaze

was clever and before Straker could make the cut, the horse kicked him very hard on his head and killed him.understand.So, Holmes and Watson went to walk around.They found that there was another stable near.Maybe Silver Blaze was there!And it was there but in a different color!Holmes talked to Mr.Brown, the trainer in the stables and Mr.Brown admitted that he found the horse near his stable early in the morning.So everything was clear for Holmes.He knew what has happened

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