A2O-Lancaster Fanning, Saturday, October 22, 1988
HARRISBURG Pennsylva
nia again dominated the Belgian
Horse Show at the 1988 Keystone
Livestock Exposition, which con
cluded a successful five-day run
last week at the State Farm Show
Complex.
Lewis & Gail Biddle Family of
Boalsburg, CENTRE COUNTY,
exhibited the show’s grand
champion stallion, “Seneca Valley
Jeff,” who advanced through the
two-year-old stallion class. Gary
& Ellen Holdsworth of Claysville,
WASHINGTON COUNTY, won
Orndorff’s Highland
HARRISBURG Pennsylva
nia established its stake as the
“Percheron State” in hefty com
petition at the 32nd Annual Key
stone International Livestock
Exposition.
Thomas Gilmore & Family of
Centre Hall. CENTRE COUNTY,
exhibited the grand champion stal-
.g
with owner Brady Gilmore
ion Percheron mare.
chami
Biddle And Orndorff Share Be
the reserve grand champion rib
bon with “Omdorff’s Marcus
Royale,” best of the four-year-old
and older class.
“Orndorff’s Highland,” after
capturing first in the four-year-old
and older mare class, won the
grand champion mare ribbon for
Orndorff Belgians of Waynes
burg, GREENE COUNTY. This
brother/sister partnership of Corb
ly Orndorff and Christna Temley
also exhibited the reserve grand
champion mare, “Orndorff’s
Supreme D,” best of the two-year-
Gilmore Wins Percheron Championships Again
lion, “Ostralien’s Lo Mike,” who
was the pick of the three-years
and-under-four class. It was the
second year in a row Mike was
grand champion. Reserve honors
were claimed by “Windmere’s
Laddy,” shown by Gerald L. Alle
bach of Spring Mills, CENTRE
COUNTY.
*e and the grand
olds
Kathy J. Rider of Warriors
Mark, HUNTINGDON COUN
TY, had the top gelding.
Orndorff also won the blue rib
bons in the Get-of-Sire and the
Produce-of-Dam classes, and
exhibited the best stallion and two
mares.
Results of the Belgian Horse
Show are as follows:
Four-Year Old and Older Stallions
1. Gary & Ellen Holdsworth, Claysville
Three-Year-Old Stallions
1. F Eugene Dixon, Jr., Lafayette Hill.
Two-Year-Old Stallions
1 Lewis & Gail Biddle & Family, Boals-
Durg; 2 John Vunk, Edmeston, NY; 3. Way
ne C Kelley, Hampstead, Md.
One-Year-Old Stallion
1,2. Arthur E Reist, Lancaster, 3 Shirley
1 Jerry Ray, Shelocta
Foal Stallion
1 Lewis Biddle; 2. F. Eugene Dixon, Jr, 3
Dorbly L Orndortf, Waynesburg
Senior Champion Stallion
Gary S Ellen Holdsworth
Reserve Sr. Champion Stallion
F Eugene Dixon, Jr
Junior Champion Stallion
Lewis & Gale Biddle & Family
Reserve Jr. Champion Stallion
Arthur E Reist
Grand Champion Stallion
Lewis & Gail Biddle & Family
Reserve Grand Champion Stallion
Gary & Ellen Holdsworth
Four-Ysar-Old and Older Mares
1. Omdorff Belgians, 2 W Glenn Mont
gomery, Sarver, 3. Gary & Ellen Holdsworth
Three-Year-Old Maras
1. Delmar L Landis, Lmtz; 2 Donald L
Sherwood, Tunkhannock, 3 Schreffler-
Wilson, Carlisle
Two-Year-Old Maras
t.Orndorffßelgians,2 DonaldL Sherwood,
3 Gary & Ellen Holdsworth
One-Year-Old Maras
1. Orndorff Belgians, 2, 3 Lewis & Gail
Biddle & Fam
Foal Mares
1 Schreffler-Wilson, 2 Gary & Ellen
Holdsworth, 3 Lewis Biddle.
Senior Champion Mara
Omdorff Belgians
Reserve Jr. Champion Mara
W Glenn Montgomery
Junior Champion Mara
Orndorff Belgians
For the third year in a row, the
Gilmores also claimed blue rib
bons with the grand champion
mare, “Blackhome D Fantasy,”
winner of the four-year-and-older
mares and grand champion mare.
Larry Honsberger & Family 6f
Fort Clinton, Ohio, showed the
reserve grand champion mare,
“Lakeshore Jonesi.”
Gerald Allebach won the Get of
Sire class, while Abraham W.
Allebach, also of Spring Mills,
exhibited the best Produce of
Dam. The Gilmores had the best
Stallion and Two Mares.
1. Abraham W. Allebach, Spring Mills, 2
Beverly & Joe Hobbs, Ottsville
1 Thomas Gilmore & Fa , Centre Hall
1 Gerald L Allebach, 2 Larry Honsberger
& Fa , Port Clinton, Oh, 3 Timothy Osborne,
Sinks Grove, WV
1 Michael C. & Teresa Wian, Spring Mills,
Pa, 2 Knapp Percherons, Finlay, Oh, 3 Mar
vyn Forwood, Delta
Senior Champion Stallion
Thomas Gilmore & Family
Reserve Sr. Champion Stallion
Abraham W Allebach
Junior Champion Stallion
Gerald L Allebach
Reserve Jr. Champion Stallion
Larry Flonsberger & Family
Grand Champion Stallion
Thomas Gilmore & Fam.
Reserve Grand Champion Stallion
leron stallion
1 Thomas Gilmore & Fam ; 2 Allebach, 3
J Elaine Dulany, Westminster, Md
1 Larry Honsberger & Fam , 2 Timothy
Osborne, 3 James & Margaret Smith, New
Windsor, Md
Maras 2 Yrs. And Linder 3
1 Abraham W Allebach, 2 Thomas Gil
more & Fam , 3 Larry Honesberger & Fa
1 William H Shamlme, Oxford, 2 William
& Carol Kronen, Freeport, 3 Thomas Gil
more & Fam
1 Bill & Laureen Knapp, 2 Thomas Gil
more & Fam , 3 Larry Honesberger &
Family
Stallion 4 Yrs. And Over
Stallion 3 Yrt. And Under 4
Stallion 1 Yr. And Under 2
Stallion Foal
Gerald L Allebach
Maras 4 Yrs. And Over
Maras 3 Yrs. And Under 4
Maras 1 Yr. And Under 2
Mara Foal
Senior Champion Mara
Thomas Gilmore & Fa
‘an Honors
V (
~«(ieca v y „ iff, grand champion Belgian stallion with
Leigh Ann Brown, PA Draft Horse and Mule Queen and own
er Todd Biddle.
Reserve Jr. Champion Mara
Omdorff Belgians
Grand Champion Mara
Omdorff Belgians
Raaarva Grand Champion Mara
Omdorff Belgians
Goldings, Any Aga
1 Kathy J. Rider, Warriors Mark.
Reserve Sr. Champion Mara
Larry Honsberger & Family
Junior Champion Mara
Abraham W Allebach
Reserve Jr. Champion Mara
Thomas Gilmore & Fa.
Grand Champion Mara
Thomas Gilmore & Fa
Reserve Grand Champion Mara
Larry Honsberger & Family
Cole Wins Right To
Drive Governor’s Carriage
HARRISBURG Winning
exhibitors from the 1987 Key
stone International Livestock
Exposition continued their hold
for the most part on the hitch horse
division at the 32nd annual show.
And if tradition holds, John N.
Cole of Centre Hall, CENTRE
COUNTY, will again drive the
Governor’s Carriage at the open
ing of the 1989 Pennsylvania State
Farm Show, which will be held
here next January.
Cole apparendy won that honor
by capturing the six-horse hitch in
the KILE competition. His teams
have dominated the class in recent
years.
In addition, Cole’s entries won
the four-horse hitch, youth cart
and open unicorn classes.
Larry Honsberger and Family
of Port Clinton, Ohio, won the
awards for junior team, youth
showmanship and open team,
while Alfred Jr. and Donna Rove
nolt of Turbotville, NORTHUM
BERLAND COUNTY, showed
the best open cart.
Another CENTRE COUNTY
exhibitor, Jas. & Dail Corl of State
College, won ribbons for the best
Gst-Of-Slrs
1. Orndorff Belgians; 2 Arthur E Reist, 3
.ewis & Gail Biddle & Family
Producs-Of-Dam
1. Orndorff's Beltians; 2. Gary & Ellen
-loldsworth; 3. Donald L. Sherwood.
Stallion and Two Maras
1. Orndorff’s Beltians, 2 Lewis S Gail
Jiddle & Family; 3. Gary & Ellen Holdsworth
Gelding*, Any Age
1 Larry Honsberger & Family, 2 Abraham
W Allebach, 3 Roger Thoms
Gat Of Sire
1. Gerald L. Allebach. 2 Abraham W Alle
bach. 3 Larry Honsberger & Family
Produce 0< Dam
1. Abraham W. Allebach, 2. Larry Finns
berger & Family, 3. Gerald L Allebach
Stallion And Two Mares
1. Thomas Gilmore & Family, 2 Gerald L
Allebach, 3 Larry Honsberger & Family
registered mare cart and best
registered mares team.
Here are the results of the Hitch
Horse Show:
4-Horse Hitch
1 John M Cole, Centre Hall, 2 James &
Call Corl, State College, 3 Larry Honsberger
& Family, Port Clinton, Oh
Youth Cart
1 John M Cole, 2 Larry Honsberger 4
Family, 3 Knapp Percherons, Findlay, Oh
Junior Team
1 Larry Honsberger 4 Family, 2 Bill 4
Laureen Knapp, 3 Bill & Laureen Knapp
Rag. Marat Team
1 Jas 4 Dail Corl; 2. Tom Gilmore, Centre
Hall, 3 Alfred J. & Donna Rovenolt,
Turbotville _
Farm Team
1 John 4 Judy May, Normalville; 2 James
4 Margaret Smith, New Windsor, Md 3
Lowell L Landis, Manheim
Youth Showmanship
1, Larry Honsberger 4 Family, 2 Todd J
Biddle, Boalsburg, 3 Lewis 4 Gail Biddle 4
Family, Boalsburg
6-Horsa Hitch
1 John M. Cole, 2. Bill 4 Laureen Knapp,
3 Larry Honsberger.
Open Cart
1 Alfred Jr 4 Donna Rovenolt, 2. John M
Cole, 3 Abraham W. Allebach, Spring Mills
Open Team
1. Larry Honsberger 4 Family, 2 Bill 4
Laureen Knapp, 3 Roger Thoms, Spring
Mills.
Open Unicorn
1. John M Cole, 2 Alfred Jr 4 Donna
Rovenolt; 3. Bill 4 Laureen Knapp.
Reg. Mare Cart
1 1. Jas. 4 Dail Corl; 2. Larry Honsberger 4
Family; 3. Thomas Gilmore.