A34—Lancaster Farming, Saturday,March 1,1910
Monica Allebach crowned for second year
BY SHEILA MILLER
HARRISBURG - For the
second year in a row, Monica
Allebach, a petite fourteen
year old from Centre
County, was selected as the
Pennsylvania Draft Horse
and Mule Association queen.
During ceremonies at the
Wednesday evening Farm
Machinery and Horse
Pullers banquet, Connie
Harness, the former Miss
Pennsylvania, placed the
sparkling crown on Monica’s
head to begin her second
year’s reign.
Talking to people about the
draft horse and mule in
dustry comes naturally for
Monica because she was
raised around the big
animals. She recalled when
she was about eight years
Decker shows grand champion
HARRISBURG - This
year’s Farm Machinery
Exposition marked the first
time in the show’s history for
a draft horse and mule show.
The two year old show
previously had only the draft
horse and mule pulling
competitions.
With slightly over twenty
entries in the show’s debut,
the draft horse and mule
people turned out with some
of their best stock.
Robert W. Decker,
Garrett, exhibited the senior
champion stallion in the
Expo, was exhibited
old she was on the wagon
seat with her father. Abe,
and he handed her the lines
and said “drive.” At the
time, Monica said she thinks
she weighed about eighty
pounds. Now, at one hundred
pounds, she smiles when
asked if she was ever afraid
to handle the drafts that
easily weigii in at a ton.
“I know those horses so
well, I’ve been around them
so long. They are really very
docile,” she said.
Monica helps to show the
huge drafts at halter, along
with her parents, Abe and
Mary, and her two brothers,
Gerald, 16, and Rodney, 22.
The Allebachs raise
Percherons, with about 10
head at the present tune.
Monica said the family also
Belgian class. Decker’s six
year-old stallion, Master’s
General, went on to be
tagged the grand champion
stallion of the show.
A March 30, 1979 foal,
shown by Charles B. Lindsay
of Greencastle, was chosen
junior champion stallion by
Judge Vernon Claypool, from
Indiana, Pa. The colt, Sam
Farceur, was the high
placmg animal in his class of
yearlings.
The grand champion mare
in the Belgian show was
Omdorff’s Roan Donna, a
R. W. Decker, Garrett.
keeps about nine light horses'
for riding. The big drafts are
used to give hay ndes, she
added.
Along with their horses,
the Allebachs milk 65 head of
Holstems on their dairy
farm. And, Monica raises
canaries as a hobby and
small business.
“Right now I have six
canaries, two females and
four males, and a nest of
three eggs,” she said.
Momca explained canaries
aren’t as hard to raise as
most people think. She said
they are not fragile and can
take cold temperatures.
What they can’t take are
fluctuations m temperature.
She said she makes the
birds’ nests out of food
strainers that she cuts the
handle an d win« * ho
fourteen-year-old owned by
J. E. Zinn, Newville. Zmn
also exhibited the top grade
Belgian mare, Patsy, who is
fourteen-years-old too.
Belgian Stallions
Senior Class
1. R. W. Decker, senior
and grand champion.
Yearling Class
1. Charles B. Lindsay,
junior champion; 2. Allen S.
Smith, Holhdaysburg; 3.
Charles B. Lindsay; 4.
Everett G. Wagner,
Chambersburg; 5. Allen S.
Smith; 6. R. W. Decker.
strainers to the bird cages.
Then shetears up burlap and
puts it on the cage floor.
Soon, the birds take the
strings and begin to build
nests, she added.
Monica has been raising
canaries for a year, having
gotten her first pair last
Christmas. She laughed, and
said, “Most people think I’m
crazy when I tell Jhem I
raise canaries.”
During her first year as
the Horse and'Mule queen,
Monica travelled to various
local fairs and the National
at Columbus, Ohio. She said
her .teachers have gotten
used to her asking for time
off to attend fairs and
parades, and the week-long
Farm Show. “They’re very
understanding, even the
stallion
Belgian Mares
1. J. E. Zmn, grand
champion; 2. Jacob L.
Kanagy, Belleville.
Grade Mares
1. J. E. Zmn; 2. R. W,
Decker; 3. R. W. Decker.
Geldings
All-Breeds
1. Howard F. Streaker,
grand champion, Per
cheron; 2. Howard F.
Streaker, Percheron; 3. R.
W. Decker, Belgian; 4. Tom
and Peggy Metcalf, Cam
den, N.Y., Clydesdale; 5.
Tom and Peggy Metcalf,
Clydesdale.
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Monica Ailebach will serve the Draft Horse and
Mule Association as their queen for 1980.
principal, and seem to be They’re the biggest demand
proud that I’m representing at most of the sales, and a lot
them, too,” she said. of small farmers are star
When asked what she ting to use them again on
thought the future for the big their farms.”
draft horses would be. With an outlook so bright
Monica said she felt the - for. the animals she
future looked good. “In the represents, the Penns Valley
past few years the price for a high school student from
draft horse has tripled as Spring Mills will'do ajreal
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