Show Trainer Fools Bookies With 1 18 1 Shot By SID FEDER NEW YORK Oct 22 UP As lP-As As a magician magician magician ma- ma Maxie Hirsch never was booked into the palace to show his stuff B V V. V D. D before D.-before before vaudeville died But when it comes to pulling big rabbits out of little hats and making the impossible happen around a race racetrack track track particularly particularly when theres there's an important bundle of the fresh involved in in- there there are few who can perform perform perform per per- form the tricks the voiced husky-voiced trainer from the horse country comes comesup comesup comesup up with Take Wednesday for instance Just about every everyone one of the folks who showed up for Jamaica's getaway card figured and Shut Out had the Gallant Fox handicap sewed up like Grandpas Grandpa's nightshirt So Maxie sent a just-fair just year four-year- old filly D Dark rk Discovery to the post She hadn't won a race since July and that one was against horses that weren't supposed to belong on the same race track with and Shut out Yet Maxie had her so sharp that she romped off with the big pot The Sab chased her home by a length and Shut Out ambled in fourth 8 2 Z lengths away and not even appearing I to care that his reputation as head headman headman headman I man among th the year three-year-olds dropped like a thermometer in an ice ice- house And the timers old muttered that Maxie just Maxie-just just when he doesn't have a chance watch out That was the way in his biggest upset back in 1936 That spring he brought Bold Venture to Churchill Downs for the derby Compared to a colt like Brevity Bold Venture seemed to be just along for forthe forthe forthe the ride Brevity was 4 to 5 that day so Bold Venture came waltzing in at ata a mere 43 for 2 That one was worth a trifling Then last year just when Whirl Whirl- away was hottest hottest hottest-he he had a string Whirl Whirl-I of half a dozen victories beginning with the derby derby Maxie Maxie got his frail three three- year-old year Attention ready for the Arlington Arlington Arlington Ar Ar- lington classic And Attention pinned Whirly's ears back worth This summer Maxie picked on Whirly Whiny again He sent a gee-gee gee called Tola Rose out in the Butler handicap and s the Rose ran away from the money- money winning champ at better than 20 to 1 And Wednesday Maxie reached into the air for his latest Dark Discovery was 18 to 1 and even the Hatpin handicappers handicappers handicappers han- han couldn't figure her in this one So out she popped to grab the paycheck And once more there was nothing up Magician Maxies Maxie's sleeve when he did it |