He was well known and generally liked and though he gave much time to brooding over the change in the old order, he accepted the new turn of events with outward nonchalance and had a host of friends among the many patrons of the well-known, riding institution.
Col. Karloff was born of the nobility in Poltava, Russia, in 1879 and started his military career at early age. He was a participant in the Russo-Japanese "War," the Great War and later the Russian Civil war in which he commanded such detachments of his old unit as remained under the White flag.
He had been honoured by numerous governments and among his best known decorations were the Golden Sword of St. George and the British Military Cross,
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