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> Kelso: the $54,400 Whitney Stakes, edging out Malicious by a nose and/ increasing the great gelding’s record earnings to $1,954,144; at Saratoga Springs, N.Y.
> Belgium’s Gaston Roelants, 28: the 3,000-meter steeplechase in 8 min. 26.4 sec., clipping an impressive 3.2 sec. off his own 1963 world record; in Brussels.
>Jack Nicklaus, 25: the Thunderbird Classic golf tournament with an 18-under-par 270 for the 72 holes, over Gary Player (272) and Gardner Dickinson (275), raising his official 1965 winnings by $20,000 to $89,700—a full $31,000 more than any other professional golfer; at the Westchester Country Club, Harrison, N.Y.
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