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A devotee of horse racing. Also: One who specializes in the study of fine grasses, their care, and uses.

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  • He is a turfman, with carefully brushed side-whiskers dyed coal-black, and hawk-like eyes.
  • He was a turfman of the old school, and there were but few courses in the South that had not tested the mettle of his stock.
  • The others were "Cottonton," as the turfman called them.
  • Time and time again he determined to face the turfman and learn the worst.
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