| "The Purity of the Turf" | |||
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| Short story by P. G. Wodehouse | |||
&sq=&lang=&file=File:The_Purity_of_the_Turf.png) 1922 Cosmopolitan illustration by T. D. Skidmore | |||
| Country | United Kingdom | ||
| Language | English | ||
| Genre(s) | Comedy | ||
| Publication | |||
| Publisher | The Strand Magazine (UK) Cosmopolitan (US) | ||
| Media type | Print (Magazine) | ||
| Publication date | July 1922 | ||
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| Series | Jeeves | ||
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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.[1]
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.
- ^ Cawthorne (2013), p. 57.