A24—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, January 16,1982 j n Qp en Polled Here Hausner wins top honors with half-sisters BY SHEILA MILLER FARM SHOW It was a day of double victories for young John Patrick Hausner of York County on Wednesday during the Open Polled Hereford competition here at Farm Show. The young cattleman exhibited both the grand and reserve grand heifer champions even though he was busy keeping up with classes at school while his entries paraded to the top of the show. Handling the halter for J.P. was his mother Joanne Hausner while his dad, John, readied the cattle for their victorious day, putting the final touches and polish to the cattle for their stroll to the win ner's circle. The Hausners, owners of JDH Polled Herefords, R 2 Dover, have been raising the red and white beef cattle since 1968. J.P.’s junior yearling entry, JDH Special Miss, was selected by judge Ronald Bolze of Kansas State University as the first place heifer in class and later as junior champion. In the final lineup, Special Miss proved how ‘special’ she is and was tagged grand champion female of the 66th Farm Show. She is a daughter of CMF Master Future 1, the son of BT Future Roundup. Special Miss’s dam, JC Lady Oakland 22, also produced the reserve grand champion heifer of the show. JDH Miss Joann, a March daughter of the champion producing Enforcer 107 H, stood at the top oi her class and was selected as the champion heifer calf. According to John Hausner, the two champion’s dam won this same class back in 1976. The &- year-old cow might well be on her way to producing another - I! Shr *y, the grand championship honors in the Open Polled Hereford Show, held Wednesday, and the Junior Breeding Beef Show on Thursday. The reserve grand champion Polled Hereford heifer was J.P.’s calf champion, held here by mother JoAnn. The calf, an Enforcer daughter, was actually named after J.P.’s mom, JDH Miss JoAnn. Looking on is Polled Hereford Queen Jacqueline Kirschner. Robert Livingston ojf Dover, York County, exhibited the Polled,.Hereford reserve junior champion heifer, T L Miss Destiny. bred to Dutchman, a son of the popular Justa Banner bull. “This is the first year J.P.’s taken both the grand and reserve grand female honors,” remarks John. “He’s doing a lot better with his 4-H project animals than Joanne or I ever did.” Although JDH took home the reserve junior champion bull honors this year with their late junior yearling, SCH JDH Betulation M6I. The Pa. Polled Hereford Queen, Jacqueline Kirschner of R 2 Monongaheld led her early junior yearling heifer to the senior championship. SJF Vindi Beefette is the daughter of Stanns Mr. Beef 2F out of FPP Vindi Kate 59J. The reserve senior champion, Mr. KL Herd Matron MKSB, was exhibited by Greg Snyder, Schochary Ridge Farms, R 3 New Tripoli, Lehigh County. Purchasd in South Dakota last year, the junior yearling is a Mr. KL Herd maker J 271 daughter. Robert Livingston of Dover, York County, showed his entry in the March-April junior yearling heifer class to a blue ribbon. Then TL Miss Destiny was awarded the reserve junior champion rosette. Her sire is CMF Master Future 1. Adams County’s Spring Bottom Farm began their harvest of championships at this year’s Farm Show by taking the reserve heifer calf honors with their junior heifer SBF Royal Trans AM. Owner Frank Darcey shared the fact that his was the heifer’s competition debut. The daughter of Tran sformer 307 k Trans AM is out of a cow Darcey purchased last year in Montana. In the bull show, Spring Bottom thr ~nlr b- .<?r % The grand champion Polled Hereford bull purple ribbon again. The Montana-bred bull is turned in a repeat performance. Hilger Special owned by Spring Bottom Farm, Fairfield, f 415 was last year’s Farm Show grand champ Adams County, and came back as a 2-year-old to claim the Schochary Ridge Farms exhibited the reserve grand champion Polled Hereford bull, SRF Ridge Vindicator, the second place 2-year- bons. With a 2-year-old entry co owned with JV Farms of Douglassville, Berks County, Spring Bottom claimed the grand champion bull trophy for the second consecutive year. Hilger Special 415, a son of Hilger Royal 138, was last year’s Polled Hereford grand champion at Farm Show. Since then the Montana bred bull has gone on to be tagged grand champion of the Montana State Fair, reserve grand champion at North Dakota’s State Fair, N.J. Summer Show and Maryland Summer Show, and senior champion at the Maryland State Fair. Judge Bolze followed the grand and senior champion with the reserve senior champion shown by Greg Snyder. SRF Ridge Vin dicator, the second-place 2-year old claimed the reserve grand champion honors. He is a homebred bull sired by Mr. Her dmaker J 271, a son of Glenkirk Vindicator. Last year this bull was' the Farm Show junior champion. The bull calf champion, SRF Victor Craig was exiubited by' Spring Run Farm of Abbottstown, York County. The winter bull calf is the son of FPP Victor 98H. For reserve bull calf champion, judge Bolzeselected the first-place entry in the January-February class. SJF Rocky Gilead was shown by John Kirschner, Sr. of R 2 (Turn to Page A 25) r ord Show r *■ ( ... P. a -r_ Polled. Hereford, QueenJacqueline.Kirschner poses with her senior champion, SJF Vindi Beefette. * L, -,>V * ,j*’s ,r<'v f old and reserve senior champion bull. Posing with the champ are owners Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Snyder. : «K **■><' <*l
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