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the artist is one of celebrit)^) their works are imme- 

 diately known ; this mannerism, from habit, often 

 grows into a style of painting, that sets adherence to 

 iN'ature at defiance: the late Mr. Turner, splendid 

 artist as he was, did this, and latterly to a degree 

 that verged on absurdity. The case is, the painter 

 looks at his work till he does not see the error he is 

 committing ; but a fresher and chaster eye, merely 

 comparing the picture with Nature, detects the ab- 

 sence of truthful representation at once. So it is 

 sometimes with trainers ; they train on and train on 

 in the accustomed routine, and as they train on, find 

 a colt " train offC^ the failing is laid to the colt's 

 charge. The trainer, impressed with the conviction 

 that the colt is a bad one, honestly, but sometimes 

 erroneously, advises his employer to get rid of him. 

 He is sold, perhaps, as Pat says, ''for less than no- 

 thing." Like the fresh eye on the picture, an un- 

 prejudiced person fancies he sees, or really does see, 

 the error that has retarded the development of the 

 colt's capabilities ; he buys him, and is rewarded 

 by a Weathergage. We are not to infer from this 



