18 THE SPORTING WORLD. 



Marquis shewing at the Cock, or any other 

 place frequented by men of business, and one 

 of thoge exhibiting at Curraghmore. 



People all seem to wish to bring other 

 persons to their own way of thinking ; nothing 

 can be more absurd. Personally, I am most anxious 

 to do that which my friends approve, and 

 equally desirous of avoiding that which may 

 call forth their censure. I may not be very 

 successful in my endeavours in this case, but I 

 have at least the negative merit of the wish to 

 do both ; be that as it may, I rarely attempt 

 to bring persons to my opinion. In the first 

 place, in nineteen cases in twenty I should fail, 

 even with those in whom I take a lively interest ; 

 and for those in whom I feel little; or none I 

 am not disposed to interfere, but let every man 



go to , wherever he pleases, or can get 



his own way ; all argument or reasoning is use- 

 less where to convince it requires one person 

 to see with the eyes of another. 



