—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, October 7,1978
56
Pa. National Horse Show
HARRISBURG - With
every leading rider in the
country from teenagers to a
grandfather on hand, the
33rd renewal of the Penn
sylvania National Horse
Show gets under way Oc
tober 14 with $50,000 in prize
money up for grabs.
The show will run for eight
days at the Farm Show
Arena, in Harrisburg, with
'matinee and evening
sessions scheduled daily.
The event will be for the
benefit of the Harrisburg
Kiwanis Club’s Youth
Foundation.
In addition to the com
petitive events, this year’s
added attraction will be Mr.
Rythm, the internationally
famous dancing horse. With
his rider, Darrel Wallen, Mr.
Rythm - reputedly the only
horse in the world capable of
cantering backwards - will
appear during the evening
performance from Wed
nesday through the final
Saturday.
While the open jumpers
hold the spotlight, two junior
competitions will determine
some of the leading riders of
the future. They are the
Medal Class National Finals
and the Prix des States event
for junior jumpers.
“Looking over the entry
list, I came to the conclusion
that this show will be among
“I pledge my HEAD to
clearer thinking, my
HEART to greater loyalty,
my HANDS to greater
service, and my HEALTH to
better living, for my club,
my community, my country
and my world.”
Countless youngsters
repeat that 4-H pledge each
year as they gather into
groups, large and small, to
voluntarily become better
citizens through self
education. From basic
cooking to nflery, public
speaking to raising a leader
dog for the blind, 4-H’ers
help others while learning to
help themselves.
This first week m October
has been National 4-H week,
an annual salute to the 4-H
program of America.
And, I believe a special
salute is due the mostly
unsung heroes of the 4-H
program, those thousands of
leaders who selflessly share
their turn and talents to help
build cnaracter and un
derstanding in our youth.
Leaders, too, abide by the
4-H pledge; but there are
four other “H” words that
might also characterize
their devotion:
HARASS - Club leaders
frequently find themselves
prodding their young
charges to finish books,
complete projects, make
suggestions It’s rumored
that some leaders have been
to feature
Jack Sterling, manager of
the Pennsylvania National.
“The open jumper division,
for example, is wide open
and I wouldn’t even want to
hazard a guess as to the
winner.
“In the hunter divisions we
have the top horses m the
nation on hand. As for the
Prix des States event, the
teams that were defeated by
an outsider last year will be
back looking for revenge.”
Among the open jumper
riders, Katie Monahan of
Bloomfield Hills, Mich., who
rode The Jones Boy to the
championship last year, will
head the field.
This time, the 23-year-old
Miss Monahan will be up on
Panetheon, owned by Mrs.
David Clark of Iron Station,
N.C., who won a major class
at the Devon Horse Show last
Spring. Miss Monahan’s
most serious rival probably
will be Harry deLeyer, a 51-
year-old grandfather, who
will handle his own mount,
Dutch Crown.
DeLeyer, whose eight
children all compete at horse
shows, rode Dutch Crown to
second place in the
American Gold Cup a month
ago in Philadelphia. Dutch
Crown was the reserve open
jumper champion at the
Pennsylvania National last
year.
sleep, “What do you mean
you haven’t filled out your
blue form yet?”
HURRY - Behind every
successful 4-H leader there
is a clock that consistently
runs too fast. Somehow
there is just never quite
enough time to plan the next
meeting, arrange a com
mittee car pool or drop off all
those boxes of 4-H cookies
that Susie needs.
HELP - There’s only one
thing to do when tomorrow is
project roundup, and your
youngest sewing club
member hasn’t yet put in her
skirt zipper, much less hem
up the garment. Leaders
also spend a lot of tune
trying to remember what
they were doing before the
phone rang the last three
times.
HOPE - Will he remember
to keep that hog out of the
show ring comers’ Should
we have rewritten that
closing sentence m her
speech? Will the judge know
that one cookie fell on the
floor and cracked on our way
to the exhibit 9 Are they
really ready as a team for
state competition 9 Do they
realize that we just want
them to do their best and
nothing more 9
As a 4-H parent, I say
“Thanks” to our dedicated 4-
H leaders - each one of you
deserves Grand Champion
honors.
top riders
Other threats for the title
include Norman Dello Joio’s
Allegro, Mark Jungherr’s
Just Plain Wilbur, Mrs.
Clark’s The Roofer, Betsie
Bolger’s Y Hugo, and Dana
Douglass’s Heat Wave.
In the national finals of the
Medal Class* the event that
determines the number one
junior rider in the country,
more than a hundred entries
will compete. In order to
qualify for the finals, a
junior rider - who must be
under 18 years of age - is
required to win a designated
number of Medal Class
qualifying events during the
regular season. The number
of blue nbbons required
depends on the state in which
the rider lives.
The favorite for the
championship probably will
be Hugh Mutch of Weston,
Conn., who barely lost to
Elizabeth Sheehan last year.
Miss Sheehan is no longer
eligible for junior com
petition, and this season also
marks Mutch's last year as a
junior. His father, Ronnie,
won the Medal Finals in 1950,
and his uncle, Fred Bauer,
captured the event in 1969.
Mutch also will compete
with the Connecticut team in
the Prix des States - an
olympic-style junior jum
ping competition. Last
year’s winner,' Texas,
coached by Orlando de
Hoyos, wifi be back to defend
its title, and Connecticut is
regarded as its chief threat.
Texas won in an upset last
year, but none of the riders
on that team will be back.
This time, de Hoyos, will
have Terry Brown, Christine
Blanks, and Shannon Crystal
riding for him. Mutch’s
teammates on the Con
necticut squad include
Elizabeth Guerin, Leslie
Milner, and Siri Larssen
Rumaniello.
Pennsylvania, coached by
Jim Paxon, also will have a
team in the competition. The
squad will be made up of
Vallery Marvel, Creed
Sadler, and Eric Frost.
Among the hunters, Early
Light, owned by Mrs.
Sylvester Johnson, heads the
field. Early light, winner of
the green conformation
hunter title at the Penn
sylvania National last year,
has not been beaten since
and now has won 16 cham
pionships in a row.
In the regular con
formation hunter division,
August A. Busch, Jr.’s
Stocking Staffer is the
favorite. Mrs. Johnson’s Fun
and Games is the leading
entry in the second year
green working hunter
division, and Lilli Milms’s
Stretchm’ Stephen is the first
year green working hunter
favorite Mrs Robert
Baskowitz’s Ruxton, last
year’s American Horse
Shows. Association national
high point champion in the
division, heads the list of
regular working hunters
Mrs. Alan R Robson of
Glenmoore, Pa., has entered
a string of top horses in the
saddle h<#se..diyisiOQ£. Her
leading entry is Lisa My
Love, the winner of the
ladies’ three-gaited world
championship at Louisville,
Ky , two months ago Mrs
Robson, herself, drove Lisa
My Love to the title
The Pennsylvania
.National Horse Show, a non
profit institution, is open
October 14 through 21. As the
nation’s largest indoor horse
show, The Pennsylvania
National has entries from all
over the United States and
Canada. Held at the Farm
Show Arena, in Harrisburg,
the show has two per
formances daily. Tickets,
starting at $2, are available
at the horse show office and
at the Zembo Temple,
located on Third Street.
Farm
Women
Calendar
Today, October 7
Lancaster County Society 6
program for Lehman
Nursing Home, 1 p.m.
Lancaster County Society 10
meeting, auction.
Berks County Societies Fall
Convention, Berks
Agriculture Center, Bern
ville.
Monday, October 9
Lancaster County Society 3
dinner theater at Host
Corral.
York County Societies
Church Night, 7 p.m. at
Christ Luthem Church,
Dallastown.
Tuesday, October 10
Dauphin County Society 1
meeting, 7:30 p.m. at
Homerstown Church.
York ‘County Society 36
meeting, 7 p.m. Judy
Muth, hostess.
York County Society 29
meeting, at Betty Jor
don’s home. Program
making Santa dolls.
Lancaster County Society 22
meeting at the home of
Mrs. Gary Martin,
Millstream Road.
Wednesday, October 11
Berks County Society 1
meeting and Halloween
party hosted by Ester
Berndt.
Lancaster County Society 14
meeting, 1 p.m. at the
Coca Cola Building.
York County Society 7
meeting, 7:30 p.m. at
Hemdell’s, Mt. Wolf.
York County Society 34 tour,
Hickory Farms at the
York Mall store, 1 p.m.
Lebanon County Societies
Fall Convention.
Lancaster County Society 28
work night at Elvin
Hess’, 7:30 p.m.
Thursday, October 12
Lancaster County Society 18
meeting, 7:30 p.m.,
Halloween party.
Lancaster County Society 9
meeting, 12:30 p.m.
York County Society 35
meeting at the home of
Linda Bncker.
Friday, October 13
Lancaster County Society 13
meeting with Halloween
program.'
Saturday, October 14
Lancaster County Society 2
meeting hosted by
Kathryn Shreiver.
Lancaster County Society 19
meeting, 1:30 p.m
Lancaster County Society 25
meeting, 1:30 p.m. with
plant exchange.
Lancaster County Society 1
meeting with crafts
demonstration.
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