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"The Purity of the Turf" is a short story by P. G. Wodehouse, and features the young gentleman Bertie Wooster and his valet Jeeves. The story was published in The Strand Magazine in London in July 1922, and in Cosmopolitan in New York that same month. The story was also included in the 1923 collection The Inimitable Jeeves. The story features a school fair, where Bertie, Bertie's friend Bingo Little, and Jeeves form a syndicate to place bets on the contests. The underhanded bookmaker Steggles tries to rig the contests against them.

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rdfs:comment	"The Purity of the Turf" is a short story by P. G. Wodehouse, and features the young gentleman Bertie Wooster and his valet Jeeves. The story was published in The Strand Magazine in London in July 1922, and in Cosmopolitan in New York that same month. The story was also included in the 1923 collection The Inimitable Jeeves. The story features a school fair, where Bertie, Bertie's friend Bingo Little, and Jeeves form a syndicate to place bets on the contests. The underhanded bookmaker Steggles tries to rig the contests against them. (en)
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Link from a Wikipage to another Wikipage	Bertie Wooster Richard Briers Valets What Ho! Jeeves Cosmopolitan (magazine) Ante-post Constable & Robinson The Purity of the Turf Bertie Wooster Comedy Arrow Books The Strand Magazine Fair P. G. Wodehouse List of Jeeves characters Jeeves and Wooster Jeeves The Great Sermon Handicap 1922 short stories Short stories by P. G. Wodehouse Works originally published in Cosmopolitan (magazine) Works originally published in The Strand Magazine Bingo Little Arthur Wallis Mills Michael Hordern Starting price The Inimitable Jeeves The Metropolitan Touch P. G. Wodehouse locations A. Wallis Mills
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genre	Comedy
illustrator	Arthur Wallis Mills
language	English (en)
media type	Print (en)
preceded by	The Great Sermon Handicap
publisher	Cosmopolitan (magazine) The Strand Magazine
quote	I gave him one look. Not a bit of good, of course. (en) "In that case," he said, "those bets, you know – I'm afraid you lose your money, dear old boy. It's a pity you didn't put it on S.P. I always think S.P.'s the only safe way." (en) "And they talk about the Purity of the Turf!" I said. And I meant it to sting, by Jove! (en)
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series	Jeeves
source	— Steggles taunts Bertie (en)
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author	P. G. Wodehouse
illustrator	Arthur Wallis Mills
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series	Jeeves
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