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Thomas Pepper Chalks Up His Eighth Win of Year Turns in Front-Running Effort At Suffolk in Scituate Purse By AVERY BROWN Staff Correspondent SUFFOLK DOWNS, East Boston, Mass., May 10. Thomas Pepper, sporting the silks of W. Short, Jr., earned his eighth triumph of the 1954 season as he scored a front-running victory in todays featured Scituate Purse at Suffolk Downs. The four-year-old Flaunt colt came to the end of the six furlongs a length and a half clear of E. A. Simpsons Legate with Jim Grieves Peach Bud saving the minor award in the field of eight starters. After a brief respite from the siege of bad weather in this sector, the rains again started during the running of the third race and by post time for the feature the condition of the track had changed from heavy to sloppy. Evidently the change had no effect on Thomas Pepper, who stepped the six panels in 1:13. Ridden, by Keith Stuart, the star of trainer Dave Robertsons extensive string paid .00. It marked the 13th time in 15 starts in which Thoims Pepper has been in the money. Assuming command as the field came from the chute on to the main track, Thomas Pepper held a neck advantage ow Peach Bud for a quarter mile. Roundisw the curve out of the backstretch, Stuart let out a notch and Thomas Pepper,ready responded to increase his advantage to tw lengths before passing the quarter poSe-. Displaying a likeness for the going ales the rail the leader continued to open ap on his nearest rival, -who was still Peaeb Bud. Through the final sixteenth of a ma Stuart was content to handride Thom Pepper and had plenty of leeway as Lee-ate came charging through the middle f the track to displace Peach Bud and narrow the winners margin. On hand to witness the start of Htm fourth week of the current meeting wew 11,342 fans. No less than 978 ticket holdw collected a 0.20 Daily Double made possible when J. H. Carrs Jantember draw to victory in the opener and R. Delom Winstay lasted after opening a comf ortaito stretch lead in the second race.
