"Turfman" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... lives in the pension, too. I am told that he is typical of a certain kind of Pole. He is a turfman, with carefully brushed side-whiskers dyed coal-black, and hawk-like eyes. He wears check suits, and cravats with a little diamond horse-pin. His legs are bowed like a jockey's. He was the overseer of a big Polish ...
— Trapped in 'Black Russia' - Letters June-November 1915 • Ruth Pierce |
