The Detroit times., 1910-02-04
TWO MINUTE MILE
PREDICTED FOR
PENISA MAID
Iowa Farmer Who Teamed and Owns
Famous Mare Believes She Will
Excel All Records in Coming
Season.
With Uhlan in the Wagon Races,
Penisa Maid Looks To Have the
Best Chance for Title at That.

In a recent letter NJ. ID. Shut, %
Rock Rapids. la. owner OF the star
stake-wlnnIng trotter OF 1909. Penlsa
Maid t2;l4 Ill, states that the little
mare Is wnterlng spiendldly, having
taAen on a lot oil flesh since the close
of ner racing season at Lexington, aud
re makes the prediction that ne viii
drive her a mile IN 200 before the
close of the season OF 1910. Under the
conditions governing records at the
present time no trolter has ever taken
record that tast. the nearest ap-
preach TO the 300 goal in the Official
records being 2:0l IA OF the ill-tated
Hamburg Belle, made in the first hcde
of her race with Unlan at Cleveland
last August
Although il is a far cry from , :04 "A
10 200, the game little mare from
Iowa looks 10 be as good prospect for
that honor as any trotter which mas
appeared, with the possible exception
OF Uhian (2:O2 la. and now that the
black whirlwind has become member
% the Billings matinee stable and VIII
probably exhibit his speed in the most
cases 70 wagon, with an amateur
driving, the chances of HIS breaking
records do not look 10 be OF the best.
First Season in 1909.
The past season may be said 10 have
been the FIRST for Z, nisa Maid, as she
had never before been raced on the
mile track. although she won races
and took a record OF 2:l9 IA on the
twolap courses in 1SoS. The first time
/ that she turned around for the money
Oh a mile track was at Terre Haute,
( last July, where she won and took q
I record OF 2.0S 81 Two weeks later
al Detroit she started fayorite for the
I2:l1 trotting stake. but was not he:'
self and was beaten by the veteran
Country Jay. In the $4,000 stake at
I Kalamazoo the following week she
also was not at her best, Margin win
ming and penisa Maid finishing outside
/ the money IN ali OF these races SIZE
/ had been driven by her owner, who
vas an amateur. ana many OF the c.lt-
/ les found fault with his handling of
her. At Cleveland she started In a
s. 900 stake, and Shut requested Gus
! Macy TO drive her. She was beaten
! by Bob Douglass. tut compelled the
gray stallion TO step the second heat
lin 2:O6 IA TO turn the trick.
Shut made up his mind about this
time that ne could drive the little mare
las well as the next man, and at Buffalo
he was again behind her and won a
stake race handily from Geers' mare,
Marie n. In the 80 horse scramble
I for the s35. 900 American trotting derby
I at Readville she finished fifth, although
( 80 of the starters were handicapped az
various distances in front OF her. Shut
then shipped her west and she started
against Margin In the $4,000 stake AT
( Indianapolis Margin beat her. our
she compeffed the roam NJ. and NJ.
winner 10 trot a mile in 2:05 3-4 and a
half in 100 1-2.
Goes After Margin.
After this race in the west, the lit
tie mare was again loaded on the cars
for Syracuse, where she made the bal
ance OF the field in the $4,000 En-
pire State Stake look rather cheap,
taking new record Of 2:O6 IA. The
improved form which she had shown
i'm her last two races made Shut con
fGent that she was due for greater
things. and after her Syracuse race
he informed the writer that he be-
lieved she would give Margin beat
ing in the Hoster $4,000 stake at
Columbus the following week.
Margin was an overwhelming favor
tie for the Columbus event but Shut
showed his confidence by investing In
several of the cheap tickets on his
mare and then went out and gave
Margin the beating he had predicted.
Jack McKerron also beating the road
mare for the place. only a huke, /
said the Margin admirers and the fol-
lowing week when the pair again met
they again made the roam mare favor
tie over the field This time there
we're no excuses Pensina Maid trim
med Margin 10 the queens taste ami
reduced her record 70 2:05 81
Too Good for Margin.
About this time Lon Mcdonald be-
came convinced that his mare Margin
was not equal TO the task OF beating
the little mare from the west. In the
classic Transylvania Stake at Lexing-
ton he had both Margin and Boo
Douglas entered. so he left the former
in the barn and brought the gray
station 70 try conclusions with Penisa
Maid The little mare secured re-
yenge for The Cleveland beating By
the gray, for she just foated along in
front Of him and trotted the first heat
in 2:04 IA. finishing on the Bit and
looking for faster horse 20 race with.
She also won the Walnut Hall cup
race and a purse on the second week
of the meeting, and then went into
winter quarters with ten victories ont
OF fifteen starts 20 her credit.
Ioh Eo- Crtoer