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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 descendants 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. GoopALL, 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 
