¶”It was just another day of racing for me,” said banana-nosed Eddie Arcaro after he piloted the C.S.T. Stable’s big gelding Ban to an easy victory at Santa Anita. But for the record books it was something special: Arcaro’s 4,000th victory in 27 years of riding. Only Veteran Jockey Johnny Longden (5,092) and Britain’s retired Sir Gordon Richards (4,870) ever brought more winners home. ¶ Argentina’s Alex Miteff leaked so much blood from his flattened nose during a ten-round scrap with Cuba’s Nino Valdes that the crowd almost had the illusion of a good heavyweight fight. But even before Miteff got a split decision, it was plain that there is still no one in sight to take on Champion Floyd Patterson. To make matters worse, European Champ Ingemar Johansson knocked out Britain’s Joe Erskine in 13 rounds at Gothenburg, Sweden, and spoiled a Patterson-Erskine match that Floyd’s manager Cus D’Amato was prepared to palm off as a title fight. ¶ British Housewife Kathleen Brockwell based her selections in the weekly soccer pool on her wedding anniversary date and family birthdays, backed her hunches with bets of only tuppence, and last week won £206,028 ($576,878) tax free, biggest payoff ever made in one of the world’s biggest gambling games.