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Show JACK HUME.IS DYING IN SALT LAKE Salt Lake, Aug. 17, Tbo Jatest. reports re-ports on tho condition of Jack Hume, the clever amateur bicycle rider, who Is suffering from , the effocts of Injuries In-juries received in a fall in a race at i be Salt Palace saucer track, are that J ho will rurvlve the night, but that there Is little cbunce that he will live I mere than a few days longer. ,. Dr. A. J. Hosmer was called" into consultation Tuesday nljjht by Dr. W Brown Ewing. and it was decided that if Hume lived until Thursday he would be taken to the hospital and that an operation would ho performed in on attempt to save his life. Although Al-though admitting that his condition is extremely dangerous.' . the 'physl-' cians declare that the. Injured rider has still a slight chance for recovery. recov-ery. Jack Hume was injured by a fall rccoli od In an amateur race at the Salt Palace saucer truck about a month ago. At that time his Injuries '.vere not regarded as serious, and ho look part In other races after that time. Later, however, his condition became serious and an examination revealed the fact-that he was Buffering Buffer-ing from a slight hemorrhage of the brain, undoubtedly caused by tho fall. The Injury resulted in a partial paralysis pa-ralysis of the left side and in a blood clot ou tho brain. A few days ago Hume's condition became extremely serious, and since that time If. has been' necessary for the physicians to keep him under the Influence of opiates to relieve his auf-. fcring. Practically the only chance for his recovery' lies in the operation contemplated with a view to removing the blood clot Jack Hume Is one of the best known bicycle riders who has eier appeared on the local tracks. As an amateur rider he has ridden in races in Salt Lake almost every season since 1899. He was an exceptionally clever rider, and hoe held a number of amateur world's , records. " Hume ' is a former student at the University of Utah, vhere he was known for his superiority superior-ity in athletics. He was one of the best distance runnors ever seen on a university track team. |