For husband and wife to each own a horse and to win a hurdle race in the same week is perhaps unique, and this success fell to Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Markham, of Manor Farm, Castlethorpe, last week.
On Wednesday at Doncaster, Mrs. Markham's horse "Gibus", ridden by the successful jockey A. P. Thompson, won the Allendale Handicap hurdle race of 2 miles 300 yards, by 1½ lengths, and returned the nice price of 100-6, with a tote return equal to 24-1. On the previous day, at Leicester, Mr. Markham's improving four-year-old, "Red River", ran a good second to the French bred "Tsaoko", at the price of 7-1, but "Red River" went one place better on Saturday by winning the Bedale Novice Hurdle of 2 miles at Catterick Bridge in a field of 25 runners.
The return price was 11-8 against.
On both occasions "Red River" was well ridden by Peter Ward, son of R. Ward, Hednesford, Staffs, trainer who is responsible for both the winning horses.
Mr and Mrs. Markham have a useful string of horses for both codes of racing and owned the Lincolnshire candidate "Brawby Lad".

Red River	Gibus

Mr. W. D. Markham, of Castlethorpe, was cheered in his sick-room on Monday by the success at Birmingham of his racehorse "The Lamp"' which won a selling race at the starting price of 9-4. The horse was ridden by champion jockey Tim Moloney. It was afterwards sold for 350 guineas.