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The keyword desborough has been found 5 times :
in The Adventure of Silver Blaze
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131 He was a man of excellent birth and education, who had squandered a fortune upon the turf, and who lived now by doing a little quiet and genteel bookmaking in the sporting clubs of London. 132 An examination of his betting-book shows that bets to the amount of five thousand pounds had been registered by him against the favourite.
133 'On being arrested he volunteered the statement that he had come down to Dartmoor in the hope of getting some information about the King's Pyland horses, and also about desborough, the second favourite, which was in charge of Silas Brown, at the Capleton stables. 134 He did not attempt to deny that he had acted as described upon the evening before, but declared that he had no sinister designs, and had simply wished to obtain first-hand information. 135 When confronted with the cravat he turned very pale, and was utterly unable to account for its presence in the hand of the murdered man.
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131 He was a man of excellent birth and education, who had squandered a fortune upon the turf, and who lived now by doing a little quiet and genteel bookmaking in the sporting clubs of London. 132 An examination of his betting-book shows that bets to the amount of five thousand pounds had been registered by him against the favourite.
133 'On being arrested he volunteered the statement that he had come down to Dartmoor in the hope of getting some information about the King's Pyland horses, and also about desborough, the second favourite, which was in charge of Silas Brown, at the Capleton stables. 134 He did not attempt to deny that he had acted as described upon the evening before, but declared that he had no sinister designs, and had simply wished to obtain first-hand information. 135 When confronted with the cravat he turned very pale, and was utterly unable to account for its presence in the hand of the murdered man.
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201 'There is another training stable quite close, I understand?'
202 'Yes, and that is a factor which we must certainly not neglect. 203 As desborough, their horse, was second in the betting, they had an interest in the disappearance of the favourite. 204 Silas Brown, the trainer, is known to have had large bets upon the event, and he was no friend to poor Straker. 205 We have, however, examined the stables, and there is nothing to connect him with the affair.'
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201 'There is another training stable quite close, I understand?'
202 'Yes, and that is a factor which we must certainly not neglect. 203 As desborough, their horse, was second in the betting, they had an interest in the disappearance of the favourite. 204 Silas Brown, the trainer, is known to have had large bets upon the event, and he was no friend to poor Straker. 205 We have, however, examined the stables, and there is nothing to connect him with the affair.'
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472 1. Mr. Heath Newton's The Negro (red cap, cinnamon jacket).
473 2. Colonel Wardlaw's Pugilist (pink cap, blue and black jacket).
474 3. Lord Backwater's desborough (yellow cap and sleeves).
475 4. Colonel Ross's Silver Blaze (black cap, red jacket)
476 5. Duke of Balmoral's Iris (yellow and black stripes).
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472 1. Mr. Heath Newton's The Negro (red cap, cinnamon jacket).
473 2. Colonel Wardlaw's Pugilist (pink cap, blue and black jacket).
474 3. Lord Backwater's desborough (yellow cap and sleeves).
475 4. Colonel Ross's Silver Blaze (black cap, red jacket)
476 5. Duke of Balmoral's Iris (yellow and black stripes).
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481 'Five to four against Silver Blaze!' roared the ring.
482 'Five to four against Silver Blaze! 483 Fifteen to five against desborough! 484 Five to four on the field!'
485 'There are the numbers up,' I cried.
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481 'Five to four against Silver Blaze!' roared the ring.
482 'Five to four against Silver Blaze! 483 Fifteen to five against desborough! 484 Five to four on the field!'
485 'There are the numbers up,' I cried.
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502 From our drag we had a superb view as they came up the straight. 503 The six horses were so close together that a carpet could have covered them, but half-way up the yellow of the Capleton stable showed to the front. 504 Before they reached us, however, desborough's bolt was shot, and the Colonel's horse, coming away with a rush, passed the post a good six lengths before its rival, the Duke of Balmoral's Iris making a bad third.
505 'It's my race anyhow,' gasped the Colonel, passing his hand over his eyes. 506 'I confess that I can make neither head nor tail of it.
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502 From our drag we had a superb view as they came up the straight. 503 The six horses were so close together that a carpet could have covered them, but half-way up the yellow of the Capleton stable showed to the front. 504 Before they reached us, however, desborough's bolt was shot, and the Colonel's horse, coming away with a rush, passed the post a good six lengths before its rival, the Duke of Balmoral's Iris making a bad third.
505 'It's my race anyhow,' gasped the Colonel, passing his hand over his eyes. 506 'I confess that I can make neither head nor tail of it.
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