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MEMORY BOOK About whom trainer Moody Jolley says Hes a 1500 plater on the dry and a 2500 one in the mud but we love him Memory Book More Than Paying His Way Despite Suffering Various Infirmities I One of Legs Is Longer Than Mate Only Under Saddle on Race Days DaysNEW NEW YORK N Y May 28 One legs longer than it ought to be but his hearts as big as the infield Thats what Belmont folks think of Memory Book Tower Stables big blond plater who is one of the few two time winners of the current meeting both over the mile and onehalf distance and both scored in that spectacular fashion which customers love trailing through the early running and finishing with a rush through the stretch to the cheers of his multitude of admirers Here comes Mem ¬ ory Book is fast becoming a part of the racing language languageMemory Memory Books odd stance while at ease is due to the fact that one leg is about three quarters of an inch shorter than its mate forcing him to pose like an actor about to deliver an oration He is a plater today because of an osselet which developed dur ¬ ing his third year and forced him out of stake company As a two and threeyearold he raced against the best he was second to the whirlwind Snark in the Metropolitan of 1937 and third to Aneroid a few weeks later in the Suburban He was sent east to take the Yankee Handicap and other stakes stakesMemory Memory Book was meant for a great horse He was bred by C V Whitney and W E Simms and did his early racing for the Greentree Stable Later he was sold to Thomas J Healey and his son Jack who sold him to Paul L Kelley for whom he won several races but always under the handicap of his infirmities The Tower Stable claimed him last October and under that establish ¬ ments trainer the efficient Moody Jolley Memory Book is developing into an Exter ¬ minator of the plater division divisionCareful Careful study of the big blond convinced Jolley that Memory Books class was his greatest dependence and steady training under saddle a hardship he is only saddled on race days During the periods between he is permitted to trot around a wide ring in front of the stable When seen on the track during the morning he is led by a pony boy he knows that the racing hour has ar ¬ rived when he feels the tightening of a girth around his generous middle THERAPEUTIC TREATMENTS TREATMENTSHis His legs are well acquainted with hot pads ice packs and liniments but the manner of his racing indicates that he feels none of his infirmities until hours after a race raceMemory Memory Book has a happy home owned by Mr and Mrs Harold A Clark of Miami He represents a sporting establishment that races for the fun of it upcountry and down At Hialeah last winter Memory Books fur ther entry was refused because he ran out on the turns of the turf course there That was my fault says Jolley Memory Books long leg couldnt make those sharp turns as well as his short one so he ran to the out ¬ side fence He is better suited to a track like Belmont where the sweep is wide and the stretch long longMemory Memory Book also is fortunate in having Jolley as his trainer a young man who has known the thoroughbred since his birth on the William Gerst farm just over the fence of the Nashville Tenn track As a young ¬ ster he galloped horses for Ambrose Easton and rode fortyfour winners during his only year of saddle duty for L T Cooper and W A Doc Crawford Increasing weight forced his quick retirement and he took over the training duties for C LeRoy King of his home town townJolley Jolley trained the latters Double Call for his recordbreaking half mile in 46 at Trop ¬ ical Park from a standing start and took over Tower Stables horses fourteen months ago He is known as a stable trainer devoting about eighteen hours daily to his duties under the shed and on the track trackFollowing Following is Memory Books record Year Sts 1st 2nd 3rd won 1935 8 6565 1936 19 28841 1937 7 14850 1938 2 175 1939 18 4750 1940 25 6375 1941 10 10Totals 4050 Totals 7 89 Jolley sums up his charge in the following language Hes a 1500 plater on the dry and a 2500 one in the mud but we love him
