Who Won: Mar. 29, 1963

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¶ Kelso: the $109,750 John B. Campbell Handicap, at Maryland's Bowie Race Course, thus becoming the third-biggest money winner in U.S. racing history (behind Round Table and Nashua). Carrying 131 lbs., Mrs. Richard C. du Font's great gelding rushed from behind to nip Crimson Satan by three-quarters of a length. The victory, Kelso's second in a $100,000-added race within a week, was worth $71,337—pushing his total winnings to $1,218,767.

¶ Oxford University: the annual 42-mile boat race with Cambridge, sometimes called "the most ridiculous race in the world," for the 48th time in 109 races, on the River Thames. Preparing for this, their only race of the season, both crews spent three months in near-monastic training. Oxford poured it on to win by five lengths—sparked by Stroke Duncan Spencer, an Old Blue from Yale ('62) turned new Blue at Oxford (Christ Church, reading honors English). Said he: "We just had a good row."

¶ The Soviet Union: the world amateur ice hockey championship, trouncing Canada, 4-2, at Stockholm. The U.S., which won the world title in the 1960 Olympics, won only one game this time, wound up frozen in last place.