Sport: Who Won

¶ C. V. Whitney's Counterpoint, the $50,000-added Jockey Club Gold Cup; at Belmont Park, N.Y. Counterpoint, winner of the mile-and-one-half Belmont Stakes, final event of the triple crown, nipped 1950's Horse of the Year, Hill Prince, by a head in the two-mile event. ¶ English Jockey Gordon Richards, his 200th race this year; at Lingfield, England. Richards, now 46, has ridden more winners than any other jockey (4,377), has hit the 200 mark each season for the last six years.

¶ Cheung Kinman, 19, the annual cross-harbor (1,743 yards) swimming race; at Hong...

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