Kauffman’s make a grand showing in dairy classes BY HUSH WILLIAMS ELIZABETHTOWN A grand old cow, Homehurst Astronaut Winner, won the grand cham pionship in the open Holstein show at the Elizabethtown -Fair on Thursday. It was the second consecutive year this six-year-old won the Grand,Champion at the fan* for her owner, Robert Kauff man of R 1 Elizabethtown. The Winner cow is classified 2E at 92, and has production records of 26,000+ milk and 1100+ fat. Winner recently won first place m the aged cow class at the South central District Show m Carlisle. And in his last year of com petition in the junior show, Steve Kauffman, 21, took the grand champion with his 4-year-old cow that last year won the grand champion of the junior show and the reserve champion of the open junior yearling heifer exhibited by Angie Spickler, left. An thony Spickler won the Reserve Jr, Champion with his junior calf. Musser earns second Elizabethtown beef championship BY LAURA ENGLAND ELIZABETHTOWN - A balanced and stylish animal with a good amount of frame and muscling thickness is what cattle judge Brenda Walters looks for and is what she found in the champion steer .at the Elizabethtown Fair, Wednesday night. % Walters, Airvilie, selected a ediumweight Chianina-Angus Cross as the show’s grand champion. The 960 pound steer, owned by Greg Musser, Elizabethtown, won over 14 en tries. This was the second fair /pound per poui the Elizabethtown Livestock sale Thursday night Earlier in the week, the animal placed first in the beef show seOngdass. show at the fair. Steve’s winning entry, Penn Springs Milestone Ada, was a homebred heifer on the Kauff man’s Penn Springs Farm. She rated VG-89, and as a 3-year-old made a record of 23,000+ milk and 940 fat. In a fashion similar to the father son combination of Bob mid Steve Kauffman that took the grand champions, the reserve honors .were won by a father-daughter combination. Joe Wivell won the reserve grand champion in the open Holstein sbpw. His daughter, Nikki, won the reserve grand champion in the junior show. The junior champions, both the grand and the reserve, of the open Holstein went to Allan McCauley of Elizabethtown. Judge Alan Hostetter, vice president of the Lebanon County member of the Lancaster Red Rose 4-H Club. Musser won the Elizabethtown title last year and went on to win the county trio championship. Winning the lightweight honors was Jim Landvetor, Hershey, and bis 830 pound steer. Doug Musser, Elizabethtown, and his 1130 pound steer won the heavyweight division. A class 'of FFA animals was shown in a selling category. Barry Geib, Manheun, took first place with his 1195 pound steer, and Phillip Nissley, Manheun, was second with his 1050 pound steer. From the show, these two animals Holstein Club, selected a junior Spjmgs Sooner Dona calf, VT-Pond Vie Chns Selma, in the Ayrshire youth show a exhibited by McCauley as junior brother and sister team won the grand champion. The junior championhips. Angie Spickler, 12, reserve champion was a semor of Mount Joy, won the junior grand yearling, Mun-Cre Valiant champion, with her junior yearling Pretend-ET, also exhibited by heifer, Penn-Beil TC Nova. Angie’s McCauley. brother, Anthony, won the junior "The junior grand champion of reserve grand champion with his the junior show went to Ken Long junior calf, HC Sprites Alicia, for his semor yearling entry, Penn The master showman trophy A grand showing, Judy Zimmerman Kauffman, poses with her father- 1.. ai. Champion of the open show. Steve, her husband, Stands with his 4-year-old that won the Grand Champion for him in his last year of competition in the junior show. Thursday night. The remaining steers will be sold at county round up. Named the show’s master showman was Tim Foreman, Hershey. Foreman won the 12-14 age class with Brenda Landvetor, Hershey, placing second and Baker, Elizabethtown, Tammy third. fc ‘ jning hfe-second consecutive championship title at the Elizabethtown Fair was 16- year-old Greg Musser. Musser won the honor this year with his 960 pound medium weight steer. Lancaster Faming, Saturday, September 3,1983—A23 Winners in the 8-11 category were: Diane Musser, Elizabethtown, Ist; Dan Baker, Elizabethtown, - 2nd; and Doug Musser. Elizabethtown, 3rd. The 15 and over showmanship winner was Jim Landvetor. Placing second was Barry Geib, Manheim, and third was Cindy Baker, Elizabethtown. was awarded to Thomas Mc- Cauley. Judge Alan Hostetler placed the class with McCauley at the top, then moved the 12-year-old showman to last place to study his reaction. “He (McCauley) never stopped trying to show his heifer to her best advantage,” said Hostetler, “even when I put him at the bottom of the class." 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