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P: In rare rebuff to tradition, every horse in the field cleared the first jump of England's Grand National Steeplechase at Aintree. But at the halfway mark, only 19 of the 31 starters were still running, and at the finish there were only seven. Even Mr. What, the tough little Irish gelding that had taken all the other jumps cleanly, almost came a cropper at the last hedge. But Mr. What kept his balance and won the richest Grand National ever ($46,858) by 30 lengths. In second place: last year's third-place horse, Tiberetta.

P: In the National Figure Skating Competition at Minneapolis Arena, World Champion Carol Heiss, 18, smudged the ice with a sitzmark, her first in six years of competition. But the judges were so impressed by the rest of her performance that they gave her first place in every event and named her U.S. champion. P: University of Michigan Sophomore Tony Tashnick, 19, made all the difference in the 35th annual N.C.A.A. swimming championships at Ann Arbor. After setting a meet record in the 200-yd. butterfly (2:04.2), tireless Tony came back to tie the meet record in the 100-yd. butterfly (0:54.6), boosted the Wolverines to 72 points and the championship. P: Winter-book bettors got some new form to fret over when Kentucky Derby hopefuls went to the post in both Florida and New York. Artfully steered by Champion Jockey Willie Hartack, Calumet Farm's Tim Tarn worked his way between horses to catch lightly favored Lincoln Road and win Gulfstream's Florida Derby by half a length. At Jamaica, Elkcam Stable's Hubcap just stole the Swift Stakes from Warner Stable's Levelation by a dirty nose.

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