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Francolon, Ex-French Rider, Fractures Leg in Accident NEW YORK, N. Y., May 9.— Paul Fran-colon, French jockey who has been undergoing treatments for a spine injury at the New York University-Bellevue Medical Center, suffered a partial fracture of the hibia in his left leg yesterday when he fell .while exercising on a flight of stairs. Francolon was scheduled to return to Paris by plane Tuesday and doctors said his return will not be postponed despite the new injury. They said the leg will remain in a cast for six weeks. Francolons spine was injured when he fell from a horse at Longchamp race track, outside of Paris, in 1946. The 16-nation World Veterans Fund and four French racing clubs paid for his treatment here since October, 1952. Unable to walk when he first came to the U.S., Francolon now is able to move about with the help of braces and crutches. A veteran of World War II., he was known in French and British racing circles as a two-time winner of the Grand Prix de Paris and of the Prix de lArc de Triomphe.
