There are three novels by Will Thomas featuring the adventures of Cyrus
Barker, whom Holmes described as "my hated rival upon the Surrey shore."
Barker was a soft-spoken man with dark glasses, very mysterious.

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>1.2. Re: which adventure?
> Posted by: "Tim Symonds" tim.symonds@...
> Date: Wed Sep 5, 2007 1:54 pm
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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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>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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