[00:00.44] Chapter 5.
[00:01.94] Holmes explains.
[00:04.98] Later, Holmes explained.
[00:08.58] It was the curried mutton, the only dish which would hide the taste of opium.
[00:14.29] Yet how could Simpson have known that Ned's food that night would be curry?
[00:19.72] It was impossible.
[00:22.92] So my suspicion fell on Straker and his wife.
[00:29.18] They were the only ones who could decide on the food.
[00:35.33] He continued.
[00:37.87] Then there was the dog.
[00:41.76] The dog that did not bark when a stranger came in the night.
[00:46.60] The sleeping stable lads in the loft would have heard it bark, but it was silent.
[00:53.80] It would only be silent if it knew the person who came in.
[01:00.58] But why would Straker want to steal his own horse?
[01:04.58] I asked, still mystified.
[01:10.38] To injure it so that it could not race, because he had money on the second favorite.
[01:18.15] But it had to be done in a way which would not be noticed.
[01:22.72] Remember the knife designed for delicate operations?
[01:28.16] Straker planned to use it to nick the tendons on the horse's leg.
[01:33.63] A small nick would not be seen, but would make the horse lame.
[01:39.82] "Scoundrel!" cried the Colonel.
[01:45.26] Straker had to do this somewhere quiet, so he took the horse onto the moors.
[01:52.44] He needed the candle in order to see what he was doing.
[01:57.79] And you found the match, I said.
[02:01.87] But what drove him to this?
[02:06.84] A woman, my dear Watson.
[02:10.74] You remember the bill?
[02:13.89] Men do not carry other people's bills.
[02:19.94] Straker was also known as Darbyshire.
[02:26.81] And he was buying expensive dresses for another woman?
[02:34.09] That was easy to discover.
[02:38.54] You may remember that I found out from Mrs. Straker that she had never had such a dress.
[02:47.05] The shop's address was on the bill.
[02:51.56] So we returned to London and they recognized the photograph of Straker.
[02:59.07] But what of the cravat?
[03:02.99] Simpson dropped it in his hurry to get away.
[03:07.39] Straker saw it and maybe hoped it would be useful in tying the horse's leg.
[03:13.56] He took the horse to the hollow and tried to carry out his plan, but he had not reckoned on the horse.
[03:22.00] It lashed out, and its hooves struck Straker on the head.
[03:27.23] He fell, and the knife cut his leg.
[03:32.81] What about the sheep? I asked, remembering Holmes's inquiry of the lad.
[03:39.79] That was a long shot.
[03:43.43] I thought a man like Straker would take care to practice, and where better than on a sheep or two?
[03:53.33] And all to make money on Silas Brown's horse, cried the Colonel.
[04:01.00] Desperate actions of a desperate man, said Holmes.
[04:07.59] But where was the horse? asked the Colonel.
[04:12.49] Ahem, said Holmes.
[04:17.31] It bolted and was looked after by a horse lover, shall we say.
[04:24.08] Perhaps the less said about that, the better.
[04:29.86] Shall we go and place a bet on the last race of the day?