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entitled, "Sefer Tebuot Yekeb," after Jacob Carinona Bechor, at whose expense it was printed, Leghorn, 1820; (2) "Sefer Be'er Lahai Ro'i" in Hebrew, Italian, and French, Turin, 1826 (3) " Yad Abishalom," a commentary on the "Orah Hayyim," Leghorn, 1829; (4) " Petah ha-Bayit, " a commentary upon "Tur Orah Hayyim," together with answers ia reference to congregational questions in London, and "Peri Ez Hayyim," seven funeral orations delivered in Mogador, Tunis, London, and Leghorn, " 'Afarot Tebel " (The Dust of the World), 1846; (5) a commentary on the Book of Ecclesiastes, in Hebrew and English, London, 1850. Besides these books Belais composed occasional poems: an epi;

Josh Hudson after a two hours' battle. His next encounter with Jack Payne took place at Moulsey Heath, Surrey, April 3. It terminated in the sixOn July 23, at the same place, Beteenth round. lasco was defeated by Tom Reynolds, a potato-salesman, after fighting one hour and twenty minutes. He was again defeated this time by Jack Randall at Shepperton Range, Surrey, Sept. 30, in seven rounds. Soon thereafter Belasco accompanied Daniel Mendoza on an exhibition tour. He returned to the ring at Rickmansworth, June 10, 1818, and was defeated in nine rounds by Cyrus Davis, a butcher's apprentice. Later in the year he defeated the Winchcomb champion in twelve minutes on the race-course at Cheltenham, Gloucestershire and Joe Townshend in twenty-four minutes at Coventiy, Warwick, on Dec. 9. Belasco was matched against Phil. Sampson, Feb. 22, 1819, at Potter's street, Essex but the fight terminated in a wrangle, and the stakes were awarded to Belasco. On three other occasions he was matched against Sampson and met and fought him in the first of these in London, Feb. 29, 1820, when, after nine

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rounds, the contestants were separated. Both the second fight which occurred at the Tennis Court in Windmill street, London, on Dec. 21 and the

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— Aug. 25, 1823, fought on Crawley Downs in Sussex — ended in the defeat of Belasco. Next Bethird

was matched against Pat Halton, an Irishman. This encounter, which took place April 8, 1823, on Harpenden Common near St. Albans, Herts, was interrupted on a foul claimed against Belasco, who, it was said, had hit his opponent in the face with his knee as the latter went down in the eleventh round. Not desiring to retire from the ring defeated, Belasco

fought George Weston, May 25, 1824. Miles describes this encounter as a burlesque in which AVeston was knocked all over the ring, surrendering after three rounds. lasco

Abrabam ben Shalom (From

Belais.

" 'Afarot Ttbel.")

Belais,

thalamium on the marriage of Baron de Rothschild, Hebrew and English (Paris, 1824) an ode in honor of Louis XVIII., in Hebrew and French (Paris, an ode in honor of George IV. in Hebrew 1824) and French (Paris, 1824) a funeral ode on the deaths of the three monarchs Victor Emmanuel of Sardinia, Louis XVIII. of France, and Ferdinand of Naples, Nice, 1825; an ode and Hebrew prayer translated into French by L. Wogue, 1835 Hebrew ode translated into French, followed by the Eighteenth Psalm, in honor of Louis Philippe, king of France, the duke of Nemours, the duke of Joinville, and the French army, on the capture of Constantine in Algeria (Paris, in





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Shortly thereafter, Belasco retired from the prizering and opened a gambling-house. Step by step he sank lower in the social scale until, continually brought into conflict with the officers of the law, he lost all his friends, and died in almost abject poverty. Bibliography: Miles, PuqiListica, vols. 1. and ii.; Egan, Boxiana; Belasco's portrait was painted by Sbarpello and engraved by Cooper.

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1837). Cazes, Notes Biblingraphiques mr la Littfrature Juive-Tuniaienne, pp. 20 et acq.; Zedner, Gat. Hehr. Book*. Brit. Mils.; Steinschneider, in Hebr. Bibl. xx. til

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Jricixh Chronicle, Sept. 2,1853.

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BELASCO, Aby Belasco)

ABRAHAM

K.— J. W.

(commonly

called

English pugilist born in London, England, April 9, 1797; died there. Belasco entered the prize-ring in 1817, when he defeated Cribb's " Coal-Heaver, " a pugilist patronized by Tom Cribb,



champion of England



(1805-20).

During that

year he fought four other battles, in two of which he was defeated. In the first of these four that took place at Woolwich, Kent he met and defeated

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BELASCO, DAVID



American dramatist born

San Francisco in 1858 of English parents. He is of the same family as the English actor known on the stage as David James. Belasco began his dramatic work in early youth. His boyhood was passed in Vancouver, B. C, under the tutelage of a Catholic priest, and he was afterward graduated at Lincoln College, San Francisco, California. In 1878 lie became stage-manager of the Baldwin Theater, San Francisco, and at various times held the same position at the Metropolitan Theater, the Broad Street Theater, and the Grand Opera House in that city. During this period he was also the stagedirector of many important dramatic companies. While perfecting himself in stage-management, he was at work writing and adjusting plays and dram-

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atizing novels. His first play, given at Mozart Hall in San Fran-