Injured in Auto Accident: Jockeys James Francis and Albert Morgan Victims of Crash near Hope, Arkansas, Daily Racing Form, 1936-10-27

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INJURED IN AUTO ACCIDENT Jockeys James Francis and Albert Morgan Victims of Crash Near , Hope, Arkansas. CINCINNATI, Ohio, Oct 26. Freddie Francis, an attache of the jockeys quarters, received- word that his brother, James Francis, and jockey Albert Morgan were seriously injured when the automobile in which they were riding collided with a truck hear Hope, Ark. They were en route here from Epsom Downs. Francis received serious head injuries and Morgan suffered deep cuts about the face, chest and legs. They are confined in the Hope Hospital. Mrs. Francis departed for that point last night to be with her husband. Francis makes his home at Latonia and since retiring from the saddle has worked at many of the leading tracks in this country. Morgans home is at Lexington and he was one of the leading riders at Detroit before going to Texas.


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