Woodbury Kane 46, a noted yachtsman and bon vivant, and member of Theodore Roosevelt's Rough Riders.
Kane was one of four children of Delancey Kane, of Newport, Rhode Island, and his wife Louisa Langdon; his brothers were Colonel Delaney Astor Kane, and John Kane and S. Nicholson-Kane. He was a cousin of Col. John Jacob Astor. Kane was a director of the Metropolitan Register Company, and a member of the Metropolitan, Knickerbocker, Racquet, New York Yacht Club, Seawanhaka-Corinthian Yacht, Meadowbrook Hunt, Hudson River Ice Yacht, Larchmont, Yacht and Country Clubs.
He entered Harvard in the autumn of 1878, and throughout his college life was one of the most popular men of his class. During university he became a close friend of Theodore Roosevelt. While at Harvard, he played football and was considered an expert at cricket, tennis, polo, and also was a noted hunter of big-game both in North America and South Africa. He had a most charming personality, and his well-bred manner, his elegance of carriage and movement, his lithe and erect figure, and the zest with which he entered into tennis, football, boxing, and running races, together with his courtesy and good humor, made him conspicuous among his classmates. He was a member of the Hasty Pudding and Porcellian Clubs and other organizations.
After graduation he lived the easy life of a gentleman in New York and Newport. He was a noted yachtsman having served aboard the Columbia in the 1899 America's Cup race. For many years he was a member of the America's Cup committee of the New York Yacht Club.
When the Spanish-American War broke out, Kane, with other leaders of society, enlisted in the First United States Volunteer Cavalry, better known as the "Rough Riders." Roosevelt mention him in his account The Rough Riders:
When I went down to the camp at San Antonio he was on kitchen duty, and was cooking and washing dishes for one of the New Mexican troops; and he was doing it so well that I had no further doubt as to how he would get on.
Kane was remarkable for always being immaculately dressed even during the worst conditions. He served with distinction throughout the Cuban campaign. For gallant service at the battle of San Juan he was made a captain in the volunteer service of the United States Army.
He was married at Aiken, South Carolina to Sallie Hargous-Elliot on 28 March 1905.
He died on 5 December 1905 at his apartment at the Algonquin Hotel in New York City from paralysis of the heart after returning from duck hunting in South Carolina, after contracting a cold.
His funeral service was held at the Church of the Ascension[disambiguation needed ] at 10:00 a.m. on 8 December 1905.
He is buried at the Kane family plot at Newport Rhode Island.
He lived at 23 West 47th Street, New York.
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More Info on Captain Woodbury Kane from the book, Foxhunting with Meadow Brook by Judith Tabler. Page 78.
Woodbury Kane
Captain Woodbury Kane was a descendant of John Jacob Astor and brother of Colonel Delancey Kane, the coaching friend of William Jay who was the first vice president of Meadow Brook (Fox Hunt Club). In his personal account of the Rough Riders, Theodore Roosevelt praised Woodbury for enlisting "without seeking any position of distinction. All he desired was the chance to do whatever work he was put to do well, and to get to the front; and he enlisted as a trooper. When I went down to the camp at San Antonio he was on kitchen duty, and was cooking and washing dishes for one of the New Mexican troops' and he was doing it so well that I had no further doubt as to how he would get on. (From Roosevelt's book, "The Rough Riders)
Kane was promoted to captain of Troop K and, according to Roosevelt, became "perhaps the most useful soldier in the regiment." (Rough Riders, ibid) Two of Kane's subordinates were the other Meadbrook members, Willie Tiffany and Henry Bull.
After the short war, the U.S. government provided no financial assistance for the muster out Rough Riders. Some had lost their jobs, others were sick, and there were dependents of the deceased. Woodbury Kane, Stanley and Richard Mortimer and Belmont Tiffany gave a large sum of money to Roosevelt for those in need. Roosevelt persuaded anyone resisting the generosity by staring that the gift was part of a memorial for William Tiffany.
When he returned home, Kane resumed his social life in Aiken, New York and Newport (Rhode Island) where he became a competitive yachtsman. A longtime bachelor, he surprised his friends with his marriage to the divorcee Sallie Hargous-Elliot in March 1905. Unfortunately, Woodbury caught cold out duck hunting a few months later and died from "paralysis of the heart" in Manhattan on December 5, (1905) at age forty-seven.
Woodbury left behind no children, but there was a favorite polo poney named Punch. Punch had been retired to a park near Hyde Park, New York, where Woodbury had frequently visited him. Punch died May 22, 1910, at the record-breaking age of forty-five. The death was noted on the front page of the New York Times, and many attended Punch's burial on A.T. Jones' farm.
Kane was one of four children of Delancey Kane, of Newport, Rhode Island, and his wife Louisa Langdon; his brothers were Colonel Delaney Astor Kane, and John Kane and S. Nicholson-Kane. He was a cousin of Col. John Jacob Astor. Kane was a director of the Metropolitan Register Company, and a member of the Metropolitan, Knickerbocker, Racquet, New York Yacht Club, Seawanhaka-Corinthian Yacht, Meadowbrook Hunt, Hudson River Ice Yacht, Larchmont, Yacht and Country Clubs.
He entered Harvard in the autumn of 1878, and throughout his college life was one of the most popular men of his class. During university he became a close friend of Theodore Roosevelt. While at Harvard, he played football and was considered an expert at cricket, tennis, polo, and also was a noted hunter of big-game both in North America and South Africa. He had a most charming personality, and his well-bred manner, his elegance of carriage and movement, his lithe and erect figure, and the zest with which he entered into tennis, football, boxing, and running races, together with his courtesy and good humor, made him conspicuous among his classmates. He was a member of the Hasty Pudding and Porcellian Clubs and other organizations.
After graduation he lived the easy life of a gentleman in New York and Newport. He was a noted yachtsman having served aboard the Columbia in the 1899 America's Cup race. For many years he was a member of the America's Cup committee of the New York Yacht Club.
When the Spanish-American War broke out, Kane, with other leaders of society, enlisted in the First United States Volunteer Cavalry, better known as the "Rough Riders." Roosevelt mention him in his account The Rough Riders:
When I went down to the camp at San Antonio he was on kitchen duty, and was cooking and washing dishes for one of the New Mexican troops; and he was doing it so well that I had no further doubt as to how he would get on.
Kane was remarkable for always being immaculately dressed even during the worst conditions. He served with distinction throughout the Cuban campaign. For gallant service at the battle of San Juan he was made a captain in the volunteer service of the United States Army.
He was married at Aiken, South Carolina to Sallie Hargous-Elliot on 28 March 1905.
He died on 5 December 1905 at his apartment at the Algonquin Hotel in New York City from paralysis of the heart after returning from duck hunting in South Carolina, after contracting a cold.
His funeral service was held at the Church of the Ascension[disambiguation needed ] at 10:00 a.m. on 8 December 1905.
He is buried at the Kane family plot at Newport Rhode Island.
He lived at 23 West 47th Street, New York.
Information Courtesy of Wikipedia
More Info on Captain Woodbury Kane from the book, Foxhunting with Meadow Brook by Judith Tabler. Page 78.
Woodbury Kane
Captain Woodbury Kane was a descendant of John Jacob Astor and brother of Colonel Delancey Kane, the coaching friend of William Jay who was the first vice president of Meadow Brook (Fox Hunt Club). In his personal account of the Rough Riders, Theodore Roosevelt praised Woodbury for enlisting "without seeking any position of distinction. All he desired was the chance to do whatever work he was put to do well, and to get to the front; and he enlisted as a trooper. When I went down to the camp at San Antonio he was on kitchen duty, and was cooking and washing dishes for one of the New Mexican troops' and he was doing it so well that I had no further doubt as to how he would get on. (From Roosevelt's book, "The Rough Riders)
Kane was promoted to captain of Troop K and, according to Roosevelt, became "perhaps the most useful soldier in the regiment." (Rough Riders, ibid) Two of Kane's subordinates were the other Meadbrook members, Willie Tiffany and Henry Bull.
After the short war, the U.S. government provided no financial assistance for the muster out Rough Riders. Some had lost their jobs, others were sick, and there were dependents of the deceased. Woodbury Kane, Stanley and Richard Mortimer and Belmont Tiffany gave a large sum of money to Roosevelt for those in need. Roosevelt persuaded anyone resisting the generosity by staring that the gift was part of a memorial for William Tiffany.
When he returned home, Kane resumed his social life in Aiken, New York and Newport (Rhode Island) where he became a competitive yachtsman. A longtime bachelor, he surprised his friends with his marriage to the divorcee Sallie Hargous-Elliot in March 1905. Unfortunately, Woodbury caught cold out duck hunting a few months later and died from "paralysis of the heart" in Manhattan on December 5, (1905) at age forty-seven.
Woodbury left behind no children, but there was a favorite polo poney named Punch. Punch had been retired to a park near Hyde Park, New York, where Woodbury had frequently visited him. Punch died May 22, 1910, at the record-breaking age of forty-five. The death was noted on the front page of the New York Times, and many attended Punch's burial on A.T. Jones' farm.
Woodbury Kane 46, a noted yachtsman and bon vivant, and member of Theodore Roosevelt's Rough Riders.
Kane was one of four children of Delancey Kane, of Newport, Rhode Island, and his wife Louisa Langdon; his brothers were Colonel Delaney Astor Kane, and John Kane and S. Nicholson-Kane. He was a cousin of Col. John Jacob Astor. Kane was a director of the Metropolitan Register Company, and a member of the Metropolitan, Knickerbocker, Racquet, New York Yacht Club, Seawanhaka-Corinthian Yacht, Meadowbrook Hunt, Hudson River Ice Yacht, Larchmont, Yacht and Country Clubs.
He entered Harvard in the autumn of 1878, and throughout his college life was one of the most popular men of his class. During university he became a close friend of Theodore Roosevelt. While at Harvard, he played football and was considered an expert at cricket, tennis, polo, and also was a noted hunter of big-game both in North America and South Africa. He had a most charming personality, and his well-bred manner, his elegance of carriage and movement, his lithe and erect figure, and the zest with which he entered into tennis, football, boxing, and running races, together with his courtesy and good humor, made him conspicuous among his classmates. He was a member of the Hasty Pudding and Porcellian Clubs and other organizations.
After graduation he lived the easy life of a gentleman in New York and Newport. He was a noted yachtsman having served aboard the Columbia in the 1899 America's Cup race. For many years he was a member of the America's Cup committee of the New York Yacht Club.
When the Spanish-American War broke out, Kane, with other leaders of society, enlisted in the First United States Volunteer Cavalry, better known as the "Rough Riders." Roosevelt mention him in his account The Rough Riders:
When I went down to the camp at San Antonio he was on kitchen duty, and was cooking and washing dishes for one of the New Mexican troops; and he was doing it so well that I had no further doubt as to how he would get on.
Kane was remarkable for always being immaculately dressed even during the worst conditions. He served with distinction throughout the Cuban campaign. For gallant service at the battle of San Juan he was made a captain in the volunteer service of the United States Army.
He was married at Aiken, South Carolina to Sallie Hargous-Elliot on 28 March 1905.
He died on 5 December 1905 at his apartment at the Algonquin Hotel in New York City from paralysis of the heart after returning from duck hunting in South Carolina, after contracting a cold.
His funeral service was held at the Church of the Ascension[disambiguation needed ] at 10:00 a.m. on 8 December 1905.
He is buried at the Kane family plot at Newport Rhode Island.
He lived at 23 West 47th Street, New York.
Information Courtesy of Wikipedia
More Info on Captain Woodbury Kane from the book, Foxhunting with Meadow Brook by Judith Tabler. Page 78.
Woodbury Kane
Captain Woodbury Kane was a descendant of John Jacob Astor and brother of Colonel Delancey Kane, the coaching friend of William Jay who was the first vice president of Meadow Brook (Fox Hunt Club). In his personal account of the Rough Riders, Theodore Roosevelt praised Woodbury for enlisting "without seeking any position of distinction. All he desired was the chance to do whatever work he was put to do well, and to get to the front; and he enlisted as a trooper. When I went down to the camp at San Antonio he was on kitchen duty, and was cooking and washing dishes for one of the New Mexican troops' and he was doing it so well that I had no further doubt as to how he would get on. (From Roosevelt's book, "The Rough Riders)
Kane was promoted to captain of Troop K and, according to Roosevelt, became "perhaps the most useful soldier in the regiment." (Rough Riders, ibid) Two of Kane's subordinates were the other Meadbrook members, Willie Tiffany and Henry Bull.
After the short war, the U.S. government provided no financial assistance for the muster out Rough Riders. Some had lost their jobs, others were sick, and there were dependents of the deceased. Woodbury Kane, Stanley and Richard Mortimer and Belmont Tiffany gave a large sum of money to Roosevelt for those in need. Roosevelt persuaded anyone resisting the generosity by staring that the gift was part of a memorial for William Tiffany.
When he returned home, Kane resumed his social life in Aiken, New York and Newport (Rhode Island) where he became a competitive yachtsman. A longtime bachelor, he surprised his friends with his marriage to the divorcee Sallie Hargous-Elliot in March 1905. Unfortunately, Woodbury caught cold out duck hunting a few months later and died from "paralysis of the heart" in Manhattan on December 5, (1905) at age forty-seven.
Woodbury left behind no children, but there was a favorite polo poney named Punch. Punch had been retired to a park near Hyde Park, New York, where Woodbury had frequently visited him. Punch died May 22, 1910, at the record-breaking age of forty-five. The death was noted on the front page of the New York Times, and many attended Punch's burial on A.T. Jones' farm.
Kane was one of four children of Delancey Kane, of Newport, Rhode Island, and his wife Louisa Langdon; his brothers were Colonel Delaney Astor Kane, and John Kane and S. Nicholson-Kane. He was a cousin of Col. John Jacob Astor. Kane was a director of the Metropolitan Register Company, and a member of the Metropolitan, Knickerbocker, Racquet, New York Yacht Club, Seawanhaka-Corinthian Yacht, Meadowbrook Hunt, Hudson River Ice Yacht, Larchmont, Yacht and Country Clubs.
He entered Harvard in the autumn of 1878, and throughout his college life was one of the most popular men of his class. During university he became a close friend of Theodore Roosevelt. While at Harvard, he played football and was considered an expert at cricket, tennis, polo, and also was a noted hunter of big-game both in North America and South Africa. He had a most charming personality, and his well-bred manner, his elegance of carriage and movement, his lithe and erect figure, and the zest with which he entered into tennis, football, boxing, and running races, together with his courtesy and good humor, made him conspicuous among his classmates. He was a member of the Hasty Pudding and Porcellian Clubs and other organizations.
After graduation he lived the easy life of a gentleman in New York and Newport. He was a noted yachtsman having served aboard the Columbia in the 1899 America's Cup race. For many years he was a member of the America's Cup committee of the New York Yacht Club.
When the Spanish-American War broke out, Kane, with other leaders of society, enlisted in the First United States Volunteer Cavalry, better known as the "Rough Riders." Roosevelt mention him in his account The Rough Riders:
When I went down to the camp at San Antonio he was on kitchen duty, and was cooking and washing dishes for one of the New Mexican troops; and he was doing it so well that I had no further doubt as to how he would get on.
Kane was remarkable for always being immaculately dressed even during the worst conditions. He served with distinction throughout the Cuban campaign. For gallant service at the battle of San Juan he was made a captain in the volunteer service of the United States Army.
He was married at Aiken, South Carolina to Sallie Hargous-Elliot on 28 March 1905.
He died on 5 December 1905 at his apartment at the Algonquin Hotel in New York City from paralysis of the heart after returning from duck hunting in South Carolina, after contracting a cold.
His funeral service was held at the Church of the Ascension[disambiguation needed ] at 10:00 a.m. on 8 December 1905.
He is buried at the Kane family plot at Newport Rhode Island.
He lived at 23 West 47th Street, New York.
Information Courtesy of Wikipedia
More Info on Captain Woodbury Kane from the book, Foxhunting with Meadow Brook by Judith Tabler. Page 78.
Woodbury Kane
Captain Woodbury Kane was a descendant of John Jacob Astor and brother of Colonel Delancey Kane, the coaching friend of William Jay who was the first vice president of Meadow Brook (Fox Hunt Club). In his personal account of the Rough Riders, Theodore Roosevelt praised Woodbury for enlisting "without seeking any position of distinction. All he desired was the chance to do whatever work he was put to do well, and to get to the front; and he enlisted as a trooper. When I went down to the camp at San Antonio he was on kitchen duty, and was cooking and washing dishes for one of the New Mexican troops' and he was doing it so well that I had no further doubt as to how he would get on. (From Roosevelt's book, "The Rough Riders)
Kane was promoted to captain of Troop K and, according to Roosevelt, became "perhaps the most useful soldier in the regiment." (Rough Riders, ibid) Two of Kane's subordinates were the other Meadbrook members, Willie Tiffany and Henry Bull.
After the short war, the U.S. government provided no financial assistance for the muster out Rough Riders. Some had lost their jobs, others were sick, and there were dependents of the deceased. Woodbury Kane, Stanley and Richard Mortimer and Belmont Tiffany gave a large sum of money to Roosevelt for those in need. Roosevelt persuaded anyone resisting the generosity by staring that the gift was part of a memorial for William Tiffany.
When he returned home, Kane resumed his social life in Aiken, New York and Newport (Rhode Island) where he became a competitive yachtsman. A longtime bachelor, he surprised his friends with his marriage to the divorcee Sallie Hargous-Elliot in March 1905. Unfortunately, Woodbury caught cold out duck hunting a few months later and died from "paralysis of the heart" in Manhattan on December 5, (1905) at age forty-seven.
Woodbury left behind no children, but there was a favorite polo poney named Punch. Punch had been retired to a park near Hyde Park, New York, where Woodbury had frequently visited him. Punch died May 22, 1910, at the record-breaking age of forty-five. The death was noted on the front page of the New York Times, and many attended Punch's burial on A.T. Jones' farm.
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