A32—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, May 8,1982
Although it’s a far cry from chickens. Poultry Management
major Tom Schaffer found a niche in the Dairy Expo. The
Versailles native was named Reserve Champion Amateur
Showman.
Susan Grubb of Royersford said she found the going tough
when she first met her Ayrshire companion. But the amateur
showman and veteran cow worked things out as Susan placed
first in the amateur Ayrshire Showman competition.
Rookies
revel in Expo wins
UNIVERSITY PARK -
Greenhorns, rookies, novices or
just plain beginners are found in
all walks of life
The first day on the job can
transform temporarily the most
graceful and sophisticated person
into a bungling idiot
Recently, several Penn State
rookies, in search of adventure,
met their ultimate challenge
how to create a well-groomed,
well-mannered halter-broke cow
from a sly, stubborn and shaggy
creature.
It became a question of who’s
teaching who, when students and
cattle began preparing for the
recent 57th Dairy Expo. The cattle
had been shown before, the
students had not
Sue Brandt, a marketing major
from Harrisburg had the unen
viable task of working with a
tempermental and sometimes
moody Holstein.
"She had her stubborn streaks,”
Sue recalls. "But it was a neat
experience ’’ So neat, in fact, that
Sue Brandt and Mark Stephens are two captured Grand Champion Amateur Fitter,
happy amateurs following big Expo wins. Stephens found showing, "a nice diversion
Brandt, a marketing major from Harrisburg, from school,” and was named Reserve
said she was so excited about showing she was Champion Amateur Fitter. Stephens is a
awake at 3 a.m. Insomnina paid off, Brandt Biology major from Pittsburgh.
Linda Webster, right, finds that first time is Showman title. Linda Moyer, a rookie from
the charm. The Amateur from Wellsboro said Johnston, admitted that clipping her Holstein
she “loved” showing the big black cow. was difficult, but that didn’t stop her from
Webster’s enthusiasm was evident as she taking the Reserve Champion Amateur Fitter
captured the Grand Champion Amateur and Showman title for the breed.
Sue topped all amateurs and
captured the title of Champion
Amateur Fitter.
A Tioga County pre-vet major
also found the competition
rewarding. Linda Webster of
Wellsboro lead her big Black and
White into a Champion Showman
title.
Pittsburgh produced the
Reserve Amateur Fitter and
overall Ayrshire Reserve Fitter.
Mark Stephens said working with
his Ayrshire was a nice diversion
from his Biology books and that
he’ll definetly be back next year.
Tom Schaffer, the Reserve
Amateur Showman, admitted he
had his work cut out or rather
"clipped out” for him. His partner,
a very pregnant, very round dark
coated Brown Swiss, was hard to
fit, said the Versailles native. After
the Expo, the poultry management
major said good-bye cows and
hello chickens since he will be
working for Purdue after
graduation.
The majority of the novices will
return next year only to enter the
professional ranks when some will
come face to face with that wily,
unpredictable creature the first
calf heifer.
As for their partners this year,
they’re all back in the barn con
templating, between cuds, new
tactics for next year’s rookies.
DT
Additional results of the amateur
competition follow. Note:
showman placings appear first,
followed by fitter placings
Jersey
Karen Shannon 1 2 Michele Rosenbaum 2 1
Sally Berhel 3 5 Katharine McDuffee 4 6 Mane
Doletski 5 3 Patty Owens 6 4
Guernsey
Karen Stell i 3 Margaret Harkins 2 1 Mtram
Lovelle3 2
Brown Swiss
Thomas Schaffer 1 2 Deborah Miller 2 3 Nancy
Berkey 3 6 Diane Miller 4 4 Brooke Seeiye 5 1
Rosemarie Miznak 6 5
Ayrshire
Susan Grubb 1 2 Mark Stephens? 1
Holstein class 1
Linda Webster 1 2 champion showman
Cheryl Porter 2 3 Linda Kilmer 3 1 Bruce Weaver
4 7 Susan Blanco 5 4 Kris Verdi 6 5
Holstein class 2
Linda Moyer 1 2 Kathleen Lesctsm 2 3 Sue
Brandt 3 1 champion fitter David linger 4 4