Sherlock Holmes Treasure Hunt (June 2008)

Mr. Sherlock Holmes here. A special thanks to those out-of-town visitors who journeyed from such distant locations as Toronto and Kingston to assist with the retrieval of Her Majesty Queen Victoria's stolen letter.

The Standings

• Winner: Team HMS Bounty (4 hours, 35 minutes)
• Runner-up: Clever Dicks of Scotland Yar[d]is (4 hours, 47 minutes)
• Third Place: Team Tardis (5 hours, 1 minute)
   
• Most Elaborate Costume: Team Most Elaborate Costume (really!)
• Most Creative Costume: The Victorian Villains

The Clues

Directly before the teams arrived, Watson and I stumbled upon a party of Moriarty's stupid minions in Jack Purcell Park. Hoping to disrupt them before they could finalize their plans to retrieve the letter from their master, we fell upon them like the wolf on the fold. Unfortunately, before we could restrain them, they made their escape. It was too bad! If only the teams had arrived earlier, we should have captured the ruffians, and the entire wild-goose-hunt might have been avoided!

Fortunately, each miscreant left behind his coat and the unopened instructions he had just received from Professor Moriarty. After one look at them, I had solved the mystery, but, since I am always loath to steal credit from those who lack my genius, I sent Watson to notify Scotland Yard of my discovery and permitted each team to see what they could make of the matter. In an astounding coincidence, there were precisely the same number of coats and instructions as teams!

Perhaps a thorough examination of these artefacts might yield some clues...

Pictures, My Dear Watson!

2008 Winners	The Answer Map	Bacon's Cipher	All in a day's work
The Clever Dicks of Scotland Yar[d]is	Searching the coat	Two for the price of one	It's elementary!
Look out behind you, Holmes!	Team HMS Bounty	Hmm...	Team iTrans
Team Lazar Wolfe	Checking the map	The Moles	Team Most Elaborate Costume
New clues!	Solving in Starbucks	Team Tardis	The Victorian Villains
Analyzing the clues	Found the statue!