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to get the best bulls of the breed, regardless of price, and these 

 he obtained as fast as the opportunities arose. Prominent in 

 his pedigrees appear the names of Wellington, Moon Eclipser, 

 and Prince Ito, the latter purchased at $9,100. From these 

 great sires and their 4escendants his success was easy, and in 

 1898 he formed a partnership with his son which lasted a period 

 of eight years. 



In 1893 Mr. Pierce had moved to Chicago and Woodlawn 

 had participated actively in the Columbian show. When the 

 new International Livestock Show was conceived, Mr. Pierce 

 was one of the first and most ambitious of its supporters. In 

 every way possible he backed the undertaking, by taking out 

 his life membership in the International association, by pre- 

 paring a show herd himself, and by encouraging his friends 

 in the most optimistic terms to support it. While the show 

 plans were still embryonic he was asked by Mrs. Goodall, then 

 editor of the Drovers Journal, to what cause she should devote 

 the beautiful loving cup her paper was offering. With his eye 

 to the ultimate market demand, he quickly told her to offer it 

 for the champion steer. Little did he suspect at the time that 

 his own steer Advance would be the winner of this trophy, and 

 he was hectored good naturedly about it for several years there- 

 after. 



In 1906 the dispersion sale of Woodlawn herd was held to 

 permit the settlement of the partnership. The success was phe- 

 nomenal and when the checks were drawn, Mr. Pierce pro- 

 nounced his breeding venture by all odds both the pleasantest 

 and most profitable eight years of his life. As a judge of beef 

 cattle, particularly Aberdeen-Angus, Mr. Pierce was without 

 peer. He excelled in the selection of "diamonds in the rough" 

 and more than once surprised his son by telling of the prices 

 paid for a particular load of cattle. His judgment in the case 

 of Blackbird 13th was particularly striking, and when her first 



