turfman
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turfmen
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So songs like “The Turfman from Ardee,” about coming across an old and tired turfman who doesn’t want to go on, come alive and feel relevant.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 8, 2023
Samuel Clay Hildreth, 63, famed oldtime turfman; in Manhattan; after an operation to correct intestinal disorders.
From Time Magazine Archive
Readers of the sports page knew the Aga Khan as an ardent turfman whose stables had produced five Derby winners.
From Time Magazine Archive
George Lambton, 73, 3d Earl of Durham, famed English turfman, landlord & coal tycoon; after a long illness; in London.
From Time Magazine Archive
He told everything, and the turfman, chin in hand, eyes riveted on the narrator, listened absorbed.
From Garrison's Finish : a romance of the race course by W. B. M. (William Blair Morton) Ferguson
But sentimental turfmen still agreed that neither was the equal of old Red.
From Time Magazine Archive
U. S. turfmen expected that because of Phar Lap's prestige this method of training might gain popularity; that because of his death, owners of notable racehorses might be reluctant to risk sending them abroad.
From Time Magazine Archive
William C. Whitney, one of that period's great turfmen, wanted to buy Nasturtium.
From Time Magazine Archive
Recalling that horse racing boomed during World War I, U.S. turfmen last week wondered what to expect in 1942, watched with fingers crossed the opening week at Miami's Tropical Park.
From Time Magazine Archive
For the most part, the cricketers never partook of Dorrington's hospitality save when his lordship was present, for your cricket-player is a bit more punctilious in such matters than your turfmen or ring-side habitués.
From R. Holmes & Co. by John Kendrick Bangs
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