New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-10-14
KILLED AT Il FOX HUNT.
CHARLES l.. COTTENETS FATAL FALL.
Thrown FEoN HIS HORSE AND HIS sErLL
FRACTURED ON LONG ISLAND

Thrown FROM HIS HORSE AND HIS sfrLL
FRACTURED on LONG ISLAND.
Charles Lowndcs Cottenct, Gre of Tn" beat
known and most popular clubmcn OF FMS ciV,
met a violent death on "Wednesday afternoon when
following the hounds at fox hunt of the Meadow
Brook Club, near Jericho, l.. !. His hor%', when
attempting to take fence, caught hls for"lcet
in piece Of barbed wire which YVES strung along
the top cf the fence. and the animal thrown
violently TO the ground with his rider beneath
him.
Stanley Mortimer Smith IIadden, Dudley VIM
throp and Rawlius L. Cottenet, a younger brother
of the victim, and several others were near when
the fatal accident took place. The meet was at
Hicksville at 3 80 p. m, and fifteen minutes
aftcrward the hunter started across the country,
which is rough in the direction of Jericho. The
rider, Were not familiar with the country, and
when riding at rapid gait over field near the
jackson Model Farm the piece II barbed wire was
not noticed along the top of a thrce-bar fence
Mr.. Cottenct was in the lead a largr, power
ful bay horse aud when the animal failed to
take the fence all right the other ridcrs suddenly
pulled ND their horses, and other accidents were
probably averted
Mr. Cottenet did not move after his horse
fell on him, and his brother Mastered TO his
side He found that his head had been Sc
vercly injured by coming in contact with the
saddle v hen the horse rolled o"cr him, and that
he was unconscious He CARED into a farm
house near hy and Or. M'son. of Jericho. and
Dr. c. c. J. Finn, the physician of the Meadow
Crook Club were sent for. pr Mason rcach"I
the farmhouse a ha,f-hour after the accihcnt
occurred lie found that the skull had been
fractured at the base Of the brain ana that thcr"
was another slight fracture on the rlght sue
Of thc heal He sid that tho patient could
not possibly get well. and within an hour aiter
Mr. Cottenet was thrown 80 violently from his
horsci he died. r,.
The body was taken to the Meadow Brook
c,h bou.c and Yesterday afternoon il was hrou"ht
70 Ncw-York and is now in the mortuary at "rac"
Ct,rcb Tho funeral will be- held Tomorrow
ON the morning Of the day on when II" hl''
his death Mr.. Cotterct babe his mother and SIS
for cood bv at the family home az No. 10 second
~. nron,isinp 10 hc home in tine evening III tlhe
., ,otc them 10 .cc the Columbus night parihe'
uirdov in one of tho office buildings in Broad
wav had been engaged for the evening 70 a''"'h-
,uoda,c the family Mrs. Cottcnct and her dhuIh-
Ter made all preparation, TO go OUT. ana were
yoiting for In. young mar 10 return from V"o
hum, whom they were informed OF his dcath
Tb. nlace where young Cottcnct received me
;rir,v which caused his death l. not Tar rom
the SPOT where samuel s Sands. Jr. wn' kii,~n n'.
tLrce wears ago in similar manner wien i"i,"M
.ni Wv, hounIs 4 remarkable coincidence about
The ,I aiair il that Rawu- Cot'enei pck"d up VII
sans after he was thrown from hi- hors, o,,
Charles l.. Cottcnet was thirty HeHrS n u,p
.rd unmarried He was an architr'' p' pr"
fes,on. but his time was largely taken up n h
attending to the family estate AZ one uii'c
was in the ofice Of Eenwlo~i "Sp,,T a,ber
Ps,wick AZ No II 81 padway. H. ca 'd a'h"I'
rrepchm%n Of good family, cane h'fc man 80 r.
ago, and made considerable money by ne nrS imr1rh
ton Of French goods. His i'th"r ho%nfp wa hriit ~
Co,tonet WAS born in Ncw-Nork. ana ne pun,
W.. cot,cnot house in Sccond-ave. lie died ap"h,
eight wears AGO Mr. Cottcnets mother was
Miss Mary Lowndes. Southern girl o, @ohn
family Mr. Cottcnet was n m"nher "I Nv
Knickcrbocker and one or two other CITY 'l"o"