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Shoscombe Prince wins the Derby, Sir Robert escapes any major judicial penalty for what he did to his sister's body, and he pays off all his debts with a great deal left over. Publication history. "The Adventure of Shoscombe Old Place" was published in the US in Liberty in March 1927, and in the UK in The Strand Magazine in April 1927. [1] .
Shoscombe Prince did win the Derby, the sporting owner did net eighty thousand pounds in bets, and the creditors did hold their hand until the race was over, when they were paid in full, and enough was left to reestablish Sir Robert in a fair position in life.
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"The Adventure of Shoscombe Old Place" is one of the 56 Sherlock Holmes short-stories written by British author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. It was first published in The Strand Magazine from October 1921 - April 1927 with illustrations by Frank Wiles and is one of 12 stories in the cycle collected as The Casebook of Sherlock Holmes.
Head trainer John Mason from Shoscombe Old Place, a racing stable in Berkshire, comes to Holmes about his master, Sir Robert Norberton. Mason thinks he has gone mad. Sir Robert’s sister, Lady Beatrice Falder owns Shoscombe, but it will revert to her late husband’s brother when she dies. The stable has a horse, Shoscombe Prince, who Sir Robert hopes will win the Derby. He would be out of debt if that actually happened.
Mason is not quite sure what he wants Holmes to investigate, but a number of odd changes have happened at the stable:
•Why has Lady Beatrice suddenly forgone her usual habit of stopping to greet her favorite horse? Why does she just ride on by in her carriage?
•Why has Sir Robert become so wild-eyed lately?
•Why has he given his sister’s dog away to a neighborhood innkeeper?
•Why does he go to the old crypt at night, and who is that man that he meets there?
•The original title of "The Adventure of the Black Spaniel" was changed before publication.
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Shoscombe. I seem to have struck a rich vein. ” “There are the Shoscombe spaniels, ” said I. “You hear of them at every dog show. The most exclusive breed in England. They are the special pride of the lady of Shoscombe Old Place.” “Sir Robert Norberton 's wife, I presume! ” “Sir Robert has never married. Just as well, I
Shoscombe Prince won the Derby and Sir Robert made enough money to pay off all his debts and still have enough left over to re-establish himself. As for the delay in registering Lady Beatrice's death, the police and the coroner looked leniently on the matter and did not press charges against him.
Shoscombe Prince wins the Derby, Sir Robert escapes any major judicial penalty for what he did to his sister's body, and he pays off all his debts with a great deal left over. Publication history "The Adventure of Shoscombe Old Place" was published in the US in Liberty in March 1927, and in the UK in The Strand Magazine in April 1927. [3]
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Sir Robert has got to win this Derby. You see, he is up to the neck in debt, and it’s his last chance. He thinks of nothing but the Derby and his young horse — Shoscombe Prince. His whole life depends on it. If the horse wins the race, he is saved. If Shoscombe Prince does not win — his money lenders will tear him to pieces.’
