Who Won

Captain Harry F. Guggenheim, owner of Cain Hoy Stable, whose Dark Star handed the great Native Dancer the only defeat of his career in the 1953 Kentucky Derby: a sweep of Belmont Park's opening-week Cowdin and Lawrence Realization stakes. Guggenheim's speedy two-year-old Never Bend swept to a three-length triumph in the seven-furlong Cowdin, and his three-year-old Battle Joined came home in front by two lengths in the 1 5/8-mile Lawrence. Prosperous Cain Hoy's winnings for the week: $83,509.

Pride, the U.S. champion 5.5-meter yacht, skippered by New York's Pete Masterson: the Seawanhaka International Challenge Cup, from the Royal Canadian Yacht Club's challenger Bibis II, in three straight races on Long Island Sound. Obviously the faster boat in heavy seas and high winds, Pride's winning margins were conclusive: 4 min. 14 sec., 5 min., and 1 min. Often called the "Little America's Cup," the Seawanhaka Cup competition is similar to the America's Cup in all but one respect: the U.S. has no monopoly on it. Pride's victory was the 14th for the U.S. in the 67-year-old competition; Canada has won the cup ten times, Scotland seven times, Norway once.

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