The New York herald., 1922-09-22
c. G. RUMSEY KILLED
IN MOTOR COLLISION
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daughter of the financier and railroad
builder were married in st. Johns
Episcopal Church at Arden on May 26,
1910. They lived there for time after
their wedding, but later opened their
country home on Long Island.
Mr.. Rumsey had had narrow escapes
from death on two previous occasions.
When playing polo at the Rockaway
Hunt Club In July, 1911, he and Malcolm
Stevenson ran together and Mr.. Rumsey
was thrown from his pony and severely
injured. In December. 1918. when rid
ing to the hounds in Orange county,
Virginia, he met with a similar accident.
His collarbone was broken and he suf-
fered deep cuts over both eyes and
bruises. He was unconscious for a time.
Mr. Rumsey owned several racehorses,
which he raced under the name Of Grass
land Stables. Among his horses was
Domingo. which was leading at the last
obstacle In the race at Aqueduct Wednes-
day when he fell. Another of his horses
is two-year-old. Bethany
While Mr. Rumsey was we'll known
as polo player. having represented
America in international contests, most
OF his time was devoted TO sculpture.
On the eve OF his leaving for England
in March, 1922. to play in the interna-
tional matches. he obtained l. ON Justice
Newburger in the Supreme Court a tenn
porary injunction to control the reten-
tion of his masterpiece, THE Pagan" as
a part of the annual exhibit of the Archi-
tectural League at the Metropolitan
Museum of Art.
THE Pagan" is nude, which has
been called obscene by members of the
sculpture committee, but after the tenn
porary injunction had been obtained
James Monroe Hewlett. the president OF
the League, declared that Its rejection
had been announced through error, and
II remained as part of the exhibit with
cut further litigation.
The original Of THE Pagan" was
carved by Mr.. Rumsey after his return
in 1919 from France. where he was a
captain of engineers in the Seventy-sev-
enth Division. The following year It
was destroyed in the fire in the Wander
bilt Gallery of the Federation of Fine
Arts Building, in Fifty-seventh street.
Besides The Pagan Mr. Rumsey
had several statues on loan exhibition
at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. He
executed tho frieze on the arch OF the
Manhattan Bridge, the Soldiers and
Sailors Memorial In Brownsville, Brook
iyn, ana the statue Oh f'lDdEIO a. Liz
exposition in San Francisco. 81
The summer cottage OF Mr.. Rumsey
at Narragansett Pier was entered by
thieves in the summer of 1913 and a
pearl necklace and other jewelry be-
longing to Mrs. Rumsey and valued at
1000 was stolen. At about the same
time the cottages of Mrs. John III.
Hanan. wife of the shoe manufacturer.
and other summer residents were robbed
of jewelry. Mrs. Rumsey offered a re
ward Of $4,000 for the recovery of her
Jewels. but so far as Is known they
never were found. It was thought that
the burglaries were perpetrated by two
international thieves.
After being graduated from Harvard
in 1902 Mr.. Rumsey went to Paris and
studied art. During the four years that
he was engaged in art studies he In
dulged in amateur boxing and became
amateur champion of France. He was
a member OF the Architectural League
the New Society of Artists. the Nationa
Sculpture Society. the Beaux Arts In
stitutc Of Design and the Animal
Painters and Scslptors Society and also
was a member of the following clubs
The Links, Harvard, Racquet and Ten
mis-, Meadow Brook and Orange County
Hunt of Virginia
Mr.. Rumsey had an art studio at 10.
East Fortieth street.