Pa. Breeders Pull In Draft Horse Honors HARRISBURG Spectators were treated to the quiet grandeur of the Belgians and Percherons Sunday. The two draft horse breeds paraded before judges in two rings for the halter classes of the Keystone International Livestock Exposition. Pennsylvania breeders took top honors in the draft horse show. Abraham Allebach started the flow of champions by placing with his grand champion Percheron stallion, Blackhome Duke. The 3 year old continued the win streak he established last year. During his 1985 campaign Duke won every major show in the U.S. and Canada, Allebach noted. Allebach, who has shown at KILE for the past 15 years, plans to stand the 18-hands high champion at his Windermere Farm in Spring Mills. Junior champion honors went to the 2-year-old entry owned by Allebach. Judge Bryan Kemp of Ontario later pinned the Mystic Did-It son as reserve grand champion. A 5-year-old Percheron mare, owned by Thomas Gilmore, claimed her third grand champion title of the season at Sunday’s show. She will seek a fourth title when Gilmore shows her at the Great Lakes International Show in Detroit next week. Gilmore, of Centre Hall bought his champion in February from Reganald Black of Canada. This was the second championship of the show for him; his yearling stallion claimed reserve junior champion honors earlier. Orndorff Belgians of Waynesburg dominated the Belgian show reaping senior and grand champion stallion honors and all but one mare cham pionship. It was difficult for the com petition to top Omdorff’s grand champion stallion, Orndorff’s Congolais Supreme, who stands 18- hands high. This is the second consecutive year the 5 year old has Abraham Allebach showed the grand champion Percheron stallion at the draft horse show at KILE. Grand champion Percheron mare honors went to the horse owned by Thomas Gilmore and shown by his son, Brady. Pennsylvania Draft Horse and Mule Association Queen Rhonda Lindsay holds Gilmore's trophy. placed in the show’s grand champion position. Before KILE, the Congolaise son earned reserve grand champion honors for the third consecutive time at the Ohio State Fair. Between champion outing, the stallion has been producing champions at Orndorff’s 45-head farm. He sired the junior cham pion mare of this year’s show and in April bred the grand champion Belgian mare also owned by Om dorff’s Belgians. Orndorff’s Belgians, owned by the brother and sister team of Christina Lemley and Corbly Omdorff, matched a pair of maternal sisters to claim the grand and reserve grand cham pion mare titles. The grand champion, an 8 year old, was bred, raised, sold and bought by Orndorffs. They bought her because “we made a mistake, we should’ve never sold her,” Lemley said. The wisdom of this decision was illustrated when “Princess” claimed grand champion honors of the National American Belgian show this year. The grand and reserve grand mares are out of “one of the best brood mares ever,” Lemley ex plained. Their dam produced a filly every year; six of these fillies earned Farm Show champion honors, she noted. BELGIAN 5 Years and Older Stallion I Orndorff s Belgians 2 Edward Fisher 4 Year Old Stallion 1 Gary and Ellen Holdsworth 3 Year Ola Stallion 1 Jerry and Shirley Rav 2 Year Old Stallion 1 Lewis Biddle Family 2 J(hn\unl> Yearling Stallion 1 Bug and Ruth Meader 2 ..Arthur Reist 3 Gary and Ellen Holdsworth Stallion Foal 1 Gary and Ellen Holdsworth 2 Lewis Biddle Family 3 Arthur Reiut Senior and Grand Champion Stallion Orndorff s Belgians Junior and Reserve Grand Stallion Lewis Biddle Family Reserve Senior Stallion Gary and Ellen Holdsworth Reserve Junior Stallion Bud and Ruth Meader 5 Years and Older Mares 1 Orndorff s Belgians 2 Bud and Ruth Meader 3 John Vunk 4 Year .id Mare 1 Elmer Lapp 2 Ken and Ruth Fernnger 3 Year Old Mare 1 Orndortf s Belgians 2 Bud and Ruth Meader 3 Jerry and Shirley Ray 2 Year Old Mare 1 Bud and Ruth Meader 2 W Glenn Mont gomery 3 Bud and Ruth Meader Yearling Mare 4* Orndorft s Belgians 2 Bud and Ruth Meader 3 Patt Wilson Foal Mare 1 Gary and Ellen Holdsworth 2 Arthur Reist 3 Orndorft s Belg ans Senior and Grand Champion Mare Orndortf s Belgians Reserve Senior and Grand Mare Orndortf s Belgians Junior Champion Mare Orndroff s Belgians Reserve Junior Mare Bud and Ruth Meader 4 Years and Older Gelding 1 Kathy Rider 2 Shafer and Nutwell 3 Shafer and Nutwell Get of Sire 1 Orndortf s Belgians 2 Orndorft s Belgian 3 Bud and Ruth Meader Produce of Dam 1 Orndorft s Belgians 2 Lewis Biddle Family 3 Arthur Reist PERCHERON 5 Years and Older Stallion 1 Casey and Martha Smail 3 Year Old Stallion 1 Abraham Allebach 2 Year Old Stallion 1 Abraham Allebach 2 Casey and Martha Smail Yearling Mare 1 Thomas Gilmore 2 Henry Williams 3 Steven Showalter Foal Stallion 1 Abraham Allebach 2 James and Margaret Smith 3 Casey and Martha Smail Senior and Grand Champion Stallion Abraham Allebach Junior and Reserve Grand Stallion Abraham Allebach Reserve Senior Stallion Casey and Martha Smail Reserve Junior Stallion Thomas Gilmore 5 Years and Older Mares 1 Thomas Gilmore 2 Elaine Dulany 3 Henry Williams 4 Year Old Mare 1 lee Brown 2 Lee Brown 3 Eugene Weimer 3 Year Old Mare 1 Janies Colt ? Alfred Rovenolt 3 Casev and Marth a 2 Year Old Mare 1 ifi Cole 2 Michael Rovenolt 3 Heruv Willianio Yearling Mare 1 Abraham Allebach 2 Thomas Gilmore 3 Casey and Marttn Small Foal Mare 1 James and Margaret Smith 2 Thomas Gilmore 3 Robert Gilliland Senior and Grand Champion Mare Thomas Gilmore KILE Paint Horse Winners Named HARRISBURG - A horse woman from Pennsylvania took top honors m the Paint Horse Show conducted during the 30th Keystone International Livestock Exposition. Crystal Garvin of Penfield exhibited the grand champion stallion, “Tardys Skip,” and the grand champion mare, “Gyro Gee,” a yearling colt and a three- Buckeyes Trostle HARRISBURG - Teams from 12 agricultural colleges entered the judging rings at the Keystone International Livestock Exposition and when the dust finally settled the Ohio State Buckeyes had slipped off with the title. The Buckeyes amassed 4,608 points to edge Mississippi State University’s 4,600. Northwest Missouri University finished third, followed by Michigan State University and Virginia Polytechnic Institute. The Ohio State victory was put together with strong second- and third-place finishes in each of the three competitions. The Buckeye team was runnerup in the beef and swine judging and third in the sheep competition Northwest Missouri was the high team in the beef round, while Mississippi State finished at the top in swine and sheep. Individual honors for the entire contest went to Kevin Cheathem of the Mississippi State team who compiled 935 points. A Cheathem teammate, Greg Bi own, scored 934 to tie for second with Ohio State’s Greg Schroedei. The Ohio Stole toam took home the uotoimu Irophj as ies the grand champion Belgian mare owned by Orndorff's Belgians. Orndorff Belgians also claimed grand champion stallion honors. Corbly Orndorff exhibited the champion. Junior and Reserve Grand Mare John Cole Reserve Senior Mare James Cole Reserve Junior Mare Abraham Ailebach year-old filly. Finishing as reserve champions PA. The reserve champion gelding were “Painted Jackie,” a four- was “Pheasant Plucker,” another year-old stallion exhibited by two-year-old or under entry, that Share Acres of Lorram, Ohio, and was exhibited by Gail A. & J.P “Miss J. Bar Seeker,” a four year Reidenhour of Gibertsville, old mare owned by John Clouser of Montgomery County, PA. Dubois, Clearfield County, PA. The champion gelding, “Don’t Badger ME,” a two-year-old steed, was exhibited by Nick and Barb Win Collegiate Contest , Takes Youth Contest the first-place team and Tom coach of the winning team. The Turner claimed the award as (Turn to Page Dl2) Melissa Trostle accepts congratulations from Bill Holloway of GH2 Angus Association after winning the high individual honors in the swine judging competition and second high individual overall. 3 Years and Younger Geldings 1 John Cole 2 John Cole 3 Leigh Brow i Get of Sire 1 John Cole ? Alfred Rovenolt Produce of Dam 1 Casey and Martha Smatl 2 Henrv Willhm s 3 Thomas Gilmore Vasellas of Brogue, York County, , Entries were received from showmen from the state* of Pennsylvania, Ohio, Virginia, Maryland and New Jersey.
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