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JOCKEY BUCHANAN IS FOUND UNCONSCIOUS. With His Skull Fractured He 1$ Picked Up On a Street In Louisville. Louisville, Ky., September. 25. Jockey . W. Buchanan was- found on- the street here Saturday night with a fractured skull. He was taken to-the City Hospital, and it was not until today that his condition was- made known to -horsemen generally, A fund for his benefit was created and he was removed to a private institution. He .has been unconscious since he was found and it is not known how or by whom he: was injured. It was Buchanans intention to reduce so that he could ride, and about an hour before he was picked up on the street Saturday night he had borrowed from "Kansas" Price, saying that he would spend the night in a Turkish bath and "go- to work on the road Sunday morning. - His physicians tonight said that a surgical operation would be necessary and a telegram was sent to his wife in- Cincinnati advising her to come here. There is a rumor in circulation tonight to the effect that Buchanans baby boy died of lockjaw in Cincinnati late this evening.. It is not believed that Buchanan was struck: down, by anyone intent on robbery, for he had .25 In his pocket when found. His . friends among the horsemen are aiding the police in the investigation of the case. ...
