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.
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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."
BEEF SHOW RESULTS
Lightweight
1 Jim landvetor; 2 Dwayne Coble, 3 Dave
Coble
Madkunweicht
1 Greg Mussen 2 Cindy Baker, 3 Diane
Musser
1 DougMusser, 2 JoeGarber, 3 Dan Baker
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