The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1909-05-01
CORNELIUS FELLOVES DEAD
LONG PROMINENT IN SPORT
AND IN SOCIAL LIFE.

Born in Louisville but Came Here rs a
Child Owned Cotton Plantations and
Mines-A Founder OF the Coney Island
Jockey Club-Headed the Horse Show.
Cornelius Fellowes. former secretary
OF the Coney Island Jockey Club and
president of the National Horse Show.
died yesterday at his home, 4 East Eighty
first street, after an illness Of several
months. Mr.. Fellowes had been uncon-
scious since last Monday. Death was
caused by arterio-s clerosis.
Mr.. Fellowes was born in Louisville
! on March 8, 1910. His father was William
Fellowes. a stock and cotton broker OF
New York, Louisville and New Orleans.
| William Fellowes was born in New Pitt.
n. c., the SOD of Jonathan and Elizabeth
Fellowes. both OF whom came from old
| North Carolina families. He was in the
dry goods business in Louisville. with
a branch in New Orleans for some years.
and in ls48 moved to NJ York and
engaged in the brokerage business. He
owned several cotton plantations in the
South and also was interested in mining
enterprises and in the Panama Railroad.
Cornelius Fellowes. brought to New
York when 0 years old, was educated in
Columbia College and in 1872. with
Fellowes Davis, organized the Stocii
Exchange firm of Fellowes, Davis d Co.,
which with Mr. Fellowes's retirement in
1885 became Fellowes Davis d Go. The
| offices Of the house are at So Broadway.
Mr.. ~Fellowes's connection with the
| American turf began in 1879 when the
Coney Island Jockey Club. Of which he
was one of the founders. was organized.
The club began by leasing The Prospect
Driving, Park, on grounds atterT Saa
and holding there a three days meeting
which was so successful that the Coney
Island Jockey Club was permanently
organized and a meeting held in Septem-
her of 1879. This meeting. also was a
success and the club, purchased some,
Bay and by June OF the following. year
the S~heepshead Bay plant was completed.
Since that time the grounds have been
considerably enlarged and improved.
Mr.. Fellowes was the first v~ice-presi.
dent OF the Jockey Club and retained
that place until 1890, when he succeedea
j. G. X. Law renee as secretary on the lat-
ter's election to the presidency. During
all the wears of the clubs existence down
to o year or 10 ago when his health began
to fail Mr.. Fellowes was closely identi-
fled with all its activities. He was the
flrSL president OF tWe Nutioiat C,c
Show Association and continued in that
office until last winter.
There Is a dinner club. an oifshoot OF
the Union Club. calling itself the Kitten
Club. MIR. Fellowes was one OF tine SIX
founders of this club, the others being
George Bowdoin. John Mclean Nash;
Isaac Townsend, Arthur Thomson and
Suydam Grant. The club was organized
at Mr.. Fellowes's home. then $40 Firth
avenue. Ii is expected that at least some
OF the honorary ~pallbearers at Mr.. Eel
lowes's funeral. which will be at Grace
Church on Monday morning at, 1880
O'Clock. will he from the membership Of
this dinner club. DR.. Huntington will
conduct the funeral service n interment
will be made in the Fellowes vault at
Greenwood.
Besides the Union Club MIR. Fellowes
was a member of the Country Club and OF
the Delta Psi fraternity. He is survived
by his wife, who was Caroline Suydam
Whitney. and by n son. Cornelius rel
loves. Jr., and n daughter. Mrs: Rich
ard L.. Morris Carolyn w. Felowes).
Mrs. Fellowes was a daughter OF Henry
Whitney and granddaughter of Stephen
Whitney Of New Haven. Conn: Cornelius
Fellowes. Jr.. in 1899. when he was not
vet 81 years old, married Nathalie Rogers,
daughter OF Charles +. Rogers OF Phila-
delphia. without his fathers knowfeuge
Some family dissension arose over thus
which received public notice. but later
the bran ch was healed.