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three sons, Black King of Woodlawn, Woodlawn, and Black 

 Woodlawn, won breed championships, one could appreciate his 

 uncanny sagacity in female selection. Similarly he bought the 

 unfinished Blackbird Lassie, dam of the 1899 Trans-Mississippi 

 champion, Lord Woodlawn, while the grand-dam of his cham- 

 pion steer, Advance, was obtained in the roughest of condition. 

 Woodlawn cattle exerted a powerful influence on Mississippi 

 Valley herds, and MR. PIERCE'S contribution and foresight in 

 emphasizing the block test did much to carry the Aberdeen- 

 Angus to its present stage of popularity. His death occurred 

 in Chicago, March 29, 1909. 



