New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1866-07-16

From the London Star Juns lai
on Friday night last 81 bis residence in Parb
rtseet 6rosyenor square, expired Sir Bellingham
Nraham, one 81 The bravest, keenest ard best men
across country that England ever produced. Sir
BeiIingham GfahaInis name has probably not been
seen Ia print fsRye, perhaps in the hunting records
.,f Ses LIFE since il figured in tho pages of the
celebrated Nimrod's g The Chase, the Turf and
sshs Road z in company With those of Sir Watkin
Wynn, Billy Williamson, Squire J, 0sbaldston,
Lord Forester, Tom Assheton) Smith, Jack Myt-
ton, Dick Christian, the rough rider, and other by
gone celebrities. Among the best of them there
was no more thorough spertsman--no one who
disregarding all obstacles, rode straighter to
hounds than the old baronet Just dead. The hunt
ins men 81 the present day would be astonished
at tha feats Of those mighty performers of
old. Hear what Nimrod said Of Sir Bellingham:
Ala Is the case with most hard.riding men, Sir
BelHgham Graham had some severe falls but on
6H0 occasions he very narrowly escaped destrue-
ton The following rare instances of his pluck,
however should NOT be lest to the sporting world 1:
He was licking bis fox ct the end Of sharp thing
VIXEN an ex-sence presented itself. Three first
xate performers were going ir the same line, but
they wonid not have III Sir Bellingham never
&afned his horse and cleared all but she rail on the
other side. which probably his weight would have
,2roken, but, unfortunately, his horse aiighted on
scne of the pests and was inrued over on his rider
CHEST Strange d 1t may appear, Sir Bellingham
ramounted his horse and rode on, but he had not
proceeded many yards when he was observed by
Sir Harry GOodrcke to be in the act of falling to
tze ground but which he was fortunate enough to
prevent
From that period-ahout 10 o'clock at noon
hll . oclock the next night, Sir Beugham never
knew what had happened to him, and as he Law
under the haystaek whittier his friends removed
him at the time Of the accident, every monet was
expected to be his last. The pitF Of the story III
however vet to come. He was hled three times
the first day, and confined to bis bed FIVE On the
seventh to the utter surprise, and indeed the an.
naxance Of his friends he was seen in lis carriage
at Scraptof, merely, AS he said TO see his hounds
throw off, The carriage not being able to get
UP with the spinney Sir Bellinghan mounted u
Anlet cid horse fplaced there, no doubt, for the
purPesel mutiea up in rough jacket ana shawl,
aud locked on.
1 have not space toseontfnue Nimrod's account
"a DETAIL and the result can be guessed Three
times the hounds checked twice near Sir BelIinp.
haIn-when he east them. AT length lie could
atand il Nc longer; off vent the shawl, down went
the great coat hs took the horn from whinper-ip
get the hounds to work again, and stuck to them
AZ a long hunting run of an hour and half over a
stF ongig FENCED country. Accidents ia the hunt.
IDS Geld when not at once fatal do not seem to
Leave permanent injurious effects Mr. Assheton
smith toI whom it was computed that he had from
sxtY 70 9 hundred falls yearl died Ut q GOOD I'M
age and Sir Bellingham Graham was in his seventy.
seventh year.