Sport: Scoreboard, Apr. 4, 1955

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¶An old race-track trick of betting a few bob on all the Irish horses in England's Grand National steeplechase almost broke the books at Aintree when a loo-to-g shot named Quare Times, running under the colors of Mrs. William Welman of Mullingar, County Westmeath, Ireland, romped home in the mud by 12 lengths. Another Irish horse, Carey's Cottage (20-1), came in third.

¶Wind and rough water on the Thames made dusty going for the Oxford and Cambridge crews. But with the help of two Americans (Harvardmen Phil Du-Bois and R.A.G. Monks), the Light Blues of Cambridge stroked to the finish line 16 lengths in front.

¶Shut out completely in the Prize of Nations horsemanship competition, last event of the Pan-American Games (TIME, March 28), U.S. entrants nevertheless swept to an easy victory in the overall, unofficial scoring by piling up 1,434½ points. In second place: Argentina's defending champions, with 574½.