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JOHN McSHANE— Brought his four-horse stable to Hawthorne from Churchill Downs. Pep Well Seeks Fourth Straight Success in Havre Distance Test Lovat and Four Others to Dispute Calumet Racers Bid for Another Victory HAVRE DE GRACE, Md., May 23.— Six clever three-year-olds, including Calumet Farms Survivor Stakes winner, Pep Well, will vie for a ,000 purse in tomorrows The Finn Purse, seventh and feature event on the local program. The racing surface was in the best condition of the meeting and as a result five of the eight races contained full fields and also-eligible lists. Named overnight to oppose Warren Wrights Boswell — Some Pep colt are G. A. Lawsons Lovat, Gustave Rings Ringstown, William Mcintoshs G. Girl, Mrs. S. S. Zells Chanteuse and W. Y. Goldsboroughs Marcia P. Pep Well and Lovat, under the allowance conditions of the event, are equal highweights under 121 pounds. Stables Surprise Development Pep Well already has earned the title of the surprise development of the Calumet Farm string. Lightly regarded last season and unable to graduate from the maiden ranks in his only two outings. Pep Well was not nominated for the leading events for horses of his age. However, since reaching Maryland he has improved greatly, and is currently battling for recognition as top three-year-old of the powerful stable. Post-ward three times during the spring sessions in this state, Pep Well has been returned to the winners circle on each , occasion, climaxing his skein of victories with a galloping score in Pimlicos Survivor. The colt will be ridden by Doug Dodson tomorrow, which will mark the first time the stables contract rider has been astride him here. To select a second choice in the race is really no problem, for the manner in which Lovat has been going lately points him out as a stout contender. Purchased by Lawson for a sum reported to be in the neighborhood of 0,000, Lovat has won two races in three essays for his new owner. Both of his victories have been over a distance of ground, with the last one being won by some six lengths. The Johnstown-Coquelicot colt, a half-brother to Walter M. Jeffords Pavot, has been nominated for all of the important three -year-old races at Delaware Park and New Jersey and will be receiving his most severe test tomorrow. While the remainder of the field has shown little to suggest they are capable of coping with the top pair, they seem to have enough ability to make for a good race. Ringstown, in his only Maryland outing, turned in a very good race while placing behind Mrs. R. H. Heighes Proverb. That filly came back to finish several lengths off the victorious Red Shoes I in the Pimlico Oaks.
