Thank you. The Case Book is my weakest link. I should start from there.
On 9/5/07, Tim Symonds <tim.symonds@...> wrote:
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> Answer: The Adventure of the Retired Colourman, published in the UK in The
> Strand Magazine January 1927 and USA in 'Liberty' December 18 1926. The
> story is set in the Summer of 1899. Clearly Holmes believes chess players
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> Nikhil
> Prasad Ojha
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> Tim,
> You have me stumped.
> The closest I can think of is Pompey, the draghound in the Missing
> Three-Quarter; but am very curious as to the right answer.
> Time to re-read the canon, I guess.
> Nikhil
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