A26-Lancntar Farming, Saturday, January 14, 1995
VERNON ACHENBACH JR.
Lancaster Fanning Staff
HARRISBURG (Dauphin
Co.) A Perchcron mare owned
by the Abe and Mary AUebach
family of Windermere Farms,
Spring Milk, on Sunday was
named supreme champion of the
199 S state Farm Show draft horse
breed competitions.
It is the fourth Farm Show
supreme title earned by Winder
mere Farms, a family operation
that involves Abe and Maty, son
Gerald,, daughter Monica and
daughter-in-law Cindy.
Windermere’s Queen For-A-
Day, a 9-year-old daugther of the
farm’s recently deceased 11-year
old stallion Blackhome Duke, was
named supreme champion of the
show, which includes only the best
of the three draft horse breeds
Clydesdale, Percheron, and
Belgian.
To find out the best of each
breed, the grand champion stallion
and mare of each breed are judged
against each other.
In the Percheron breed. Queen
had beat out a stable-mate stallion
from Windermere. The AUebach’s
also showed the reserve grand
champion stallion. David Hershey
and family, of Warriors Marie
showed the reserve grand champ
ion mare.
As an aside, last year a daughter
of Windermere’s Queen was the
grand champion Percheron, while
Queen was reserve grand.
In the Belgian breed, the best of
breed champion was the same
mare that was last year’s Farm
Show supreme champion SGF
Dodie Marie, owned by Donald
Sherwood and Gary and Brandon
Groves, of Tunkhannock. The
reserve grand champion mare, a
foal, was shown by Nathan Yoder,
of Peach Bottom.
The grand champion Belgian
stallion was shown by Arthur
Reist, of Lancaster, a 1-year-old
that was also named junior champ
ion stallion. The reserve champion
stallion, a foal, was shown by Paul
and Nathan Yoder, of Peach
Bottom.
In the Clydesdale/shire breed
division, the grand champion was
also shown by the Allebachs, who
keep a small number of those on
their 4SO-acre farm.
Windermere Farms also showed
the junior and reserve grand
champion mare. Robert and Laura
Martin, of Newport, showed the
grand champion stallion, while
Edward Johnston, of New Alexan
dria, showed the reserve grand
champion stallion.
Judges for the shows were Bill
Heston, of Salem. Ohio, and Dr. A.
F. Allen, of Plain City, Ohio. Hes
ton judged the Percherons and
Clydesdale, while Allen judged
the Belgians.
According to Gerald Allebach,
the overall win adds strength to the
confidence of strong genetics in
the herd, mainly traceable to
Blackhome Duke four time
national premier sire, with his
offspring winning the national
show five years in a row.
Duke died Dec. 17,ofastomach
tumor, Gerald said. He had had no
previous ailments and showed no
discomfort until a fatal rupture of
the tumor caused his death. Test
results on the tumor were still
pending as of the show, Gerald
said.
However, a half-brother is on
loan to the AUebachs from the
breeder of Blackhome Duke to
help them with their breeding
program.
Duke was used by the AUebachs
Windermere Farms Shows Supreme Draft Horse
in an artificial insemination ser
vice operation and he has a son that
has been fisted within the top 10 of
the premier sires, according to
Gerald. Duke has been used to
continue a more direct line
breeding program on the farm to
keep his genetics intact
According to Gerald, Black
home was the result of a long line
breeding program going back to
two famous sires Layette and
Carnot. Duke’s registry shows his
lineage going back 20 times bred
to Layette, and 22 times to Carnot
He has 10 daughters on the
farm, and Gerald said they have
some mare bred back to him this
year.
Even though the recent death of
Blackhome was sudden, Gerald
said, M He left an empty stall, but a
full stable.”
Following is a list of show
placings.
BELGIAN STALLION, 4 YRS: JERRY &
SHIRLEY RAY.
BELGIAN STALLION, 3 YRS; N.
YODER S D. STOLTZFUS.
BELGIAN STALLION, 1 YR: 1.
ARTHUR REIST, 2. JERRY & SHIRLEY
RAY, 3. ELMER D LAPP.
BELGIAN STALLION, FOAL: 1. PAUL
& NATHAN YOOER, 2. ELMER D LAPP, 3.
JERRY & SHIRLEY RAY.
BELGIAN STALLION, SENIOR CHAM
PION: N. YODER & D. STOLTZFUS.
BELGIAN STALLION, RESERVE SR.
CHAMPION: JERRY & SHIRLEY RAY.
BELGIAN STALLION, JUNIOR CHAM
PION: ARTHUR REIST.
BELGIAN STALLION, RESERVE JR.
CHAMPION: PAUL i NATHAN YODER.
BELGIAN STALLION, GRAND CHAM
PION: ARTHUR REIST.
BELGIAN STALLION, RESERVE
GRAND CHAMPION: PAUL & NATHAN
YODER.
BELGIAN STALLION, ANY AGE BRED
BY EXHIBITOR; 1. PAUL & NATHAN
YODER, 2. JERRY & SHIRLEY RAY. 3.
ELMER D LAPP.
BELGIAN MARE, S YRS A OLDER: 1.
NATHAN YODER, 2 DONALD SHER
WOOD, 3 JERRY & SHIRLEY RAY
BELGIAN MARE, 4 YRS: 1 JERRY &
SHIRLEY RAY, 2. WILLIAM KIGER.
BELGIAN MARE, 2 YRS: 1 DONALD
SHERWOOD, 2 RACHEL REIST, 3 R
JOHNSTON & L BARNHART
BELGIAN MARE, 1 YR: 1. ARTHUR
REIST, 2 WILLIAM KIGER, 3. JERRY &
SHIRLEY RAY
BELGIAN MARE, FOAL; 1 NATHAN
YODER, 2 R. JOHNSTON & L BARN
HART, 3 JERRY & SHIRLEY RAY
BELGIAN MARE, SENIOR CHAMPI
ON: NATHAN YODER.
BELGIAN MARE, RESERVE SR
CHAMPION: JERRY & SHIRLEY RAY
BELGIAN MARE, JUNIOR CHAMPI
ON; DONALD SHERWOOD
BELGIAN MARE, RESERVE JR
CHAMPION; NATHAN YODER
BELGIAN MARE, GRAND CHAMPION:
DONALD SHERWOOD
BELGIAN MARE, RES GRAND CHAM
PION: NATHAN YODER
BELGIAN MARE, ANY AGE BRED BY
EXHIBITOR: 1 DONALD SHERWOOD, 2
NATHAN YODER. 3 RACHEL REIST.
BELGIAN JR. GET OF SIRE, UNDER 2
YR: 1 DONALD SHERWOOD, 2. PAUL V
NATHAN YODER, 3 'ELMER D LAPP
BELGIAN OPEN GET OF SIRE: 1
JERRY & SHIRLEY RAY
BELGIAN PRODUCE OF MARE: 1
DONALD SHERWOOD. 2. JERRY &
SHIRLEY RAY, 3, ELMER D. LAPP.
BELGIAN MARE AND FOAL:
1. NATHAN YODER, 2. JERRY & SHIRLEY
RAY.
BELGIAN STALLION AND 2 MARES,,
ANV AGE: 1. N. YODER & D. STOLTZFUS,
2. RACHEL REIST, 3. JERRY & SHIRLEY
RAY.
The grand champion Clydesdale is shown by a friend of
the Allebach family.
BELGIAN
From the left, Mery and Abe Allebach stand with their 1995 supreme champion draft
horse, Windermere Queen For-A-Day, while state Secretary of Agriculture Boyd Wolff
and the Rebecca Breese, queen of the Pennsylvania Draft Horse and Mare Associa
tion, present the award.
BELGIAN 2 MARES BELONGING TOl
EXHIBITOR: 1. DONALD SHERWOOD, 2.
NATHAN YODER, 3. ARTHUR HEIST.
BELGIAN GELDING; 1. BJ MCTIQHE,
2. J. MARK HYBURN, 3. J. MARK RYBURN.
BELGIAN GELDING, MATED TEAM: 1
J. MARK RYBURN.
BELGIAN BEST OF BREED: 1. DON
ALD SHERWOOD.
CLYDESDALE/SHIRE
CLYOESOALE/SHIRE STALLION, 3
YRS: 1. ROBERT & LAURA MARTIN.
CLYDESDALE/SHIRE, 2 YRS: 1
EDWARD H JOHNSTON.
CLYDESDALE/SHIRE STALLION,
SENIOR CHAMPION: ROBERT & LAURA
MARTIN.
CLYDESDALE/SHIRE STALLION,
JUNIOR CHAMPION: 1 EDWARD H
JOHNSTON.
CLYDESDALE/SHIRE STALLION,
GRAND CHAMPION: 1. ROBERT & LAURA
MARTIN
CLYDESDALE/SHIRE STALLION RES
GRAND CHAMPION: EDWARD H JOHN
STON.
CLYDESDALE/SHIRE MARE, S YRS A
OLDER: 1 WINDERMERE FARMS, 2.
NORMAN WEAVE!*
CLYDESDALE/SHIRE MARE, 4 YRS:
1 NORMAN WEBER.
CLYDESDALE/SHIRE MARE, 3 YRS:
1 ALICE MATSON.
CLYDESDALE/SHIRE MARE, FOAL: 1
WINDERMERE FARMS.
CLYDESDALE/SHIRE MARE, SENIOR
CHAMPION: WINDERMERE FARMS.
CLYDESDALE/SHIRE MARE, RE
SERVE SR CHAMPION: ALICE MATSON
CLYDESDALE/SHIRE MARE, JUNIOR
CHAMPION: WINDERMERE FARMS.
CLYDESDALE/SHIRE MARE, GRAND
CHAMPION: WINDERMERE FARMS.
CLYDESDALE/SHIRE MARE, RE
SERVE GRAND CHAMPION: WINDER
MERE FARMS.
CLYDESDALE/SHIRE MARE, ANY
AGE, BRED BY EXHIB: WINDERMERE
FARMS.
CLYDESDALE/SHIRE 2 MARES
BELONGING TO ONE EXH: 1. WINDER
MERE FARMS, 2. NORMAN WEBER.
CLYDESDALE/SHIRE GELDING: 1
ROGER & LINDA THOMS, 2. ROGER &
LINDA THOMS. 3. ROBERT & LAURA
MARTIN.
CLYDESDALE/SHIRE GELDING,
MATEO TEAM; 1. ROGER & LINDA
THOMS. 2. ROBERT & LAURA MARTIN.
CLYDESDALE/SHIRE BEST OF
BREED: WINDERMERE FARMS.
The
wood.
grand champion
This horse was
PERCHERON
PERCHERON STALLION, 3 YRS; 1
MARVYN FORWOOD.
PERCHERON STALLION, FOAL: 1
WINDERMERE FARMS, 2. WINDERMERE
FARMS, 3. BARBARA BREESE
PERCHERON STALLION, SENIOR
CHAMPION: MARVYN FORWOOD.
PERCHERON STALLION, JUNIOR
CHAMPION: WINDERMERE FARMS.
PERCHERON STALLION, RESERVE
JR CHAMPION: WINDERMERE FARMS
PERCHERON STALLION, GRAND
CHAMPION; WINDERMERE FARMS.
PERCHERON STALLION, RESERVE
GRAND CHAMPION: WINDERMERE
FARMS.
PERCHERON STALLION, ANY AGE
BRED BY EXHIBITOR; 1. WINDERMERE
FARMS, 2. WINDERMERE FARMS, 3.
MARVYN FORWOOD.
PERCHERON MARE, 5 YRS A OLDER:
1. WINDERMERE FARMS. 2. WINDER
MERE FARMS. 3. WALTER & LUCILLE
RICE.
PERCHERON MARE, 4 YRS: 1. J.
ZOOK JR & W. RICE, 2. MINDY DUVALL.
PERCHERON MARE„ 3 YRS: 1. WIN
DERMERE FARMS, 2 CHERYL ZIMMER
MAN.
PERCHERON MARE, 2 YRS: 1. DAVID
HERSHEY & FAMILY. 2. DAVID HERSHEY
& FAMILY. 3. R. JOHNSTON & L. BARN
HART.
PERCHERON MARE, 1 YR: 1. BIG
VALLEY CARES. 2. MARVYN FORWOOD.
3. MARVYN FORWOOD.
PERCHERON MARE, FOAL: 1. MINDY
DUVALL, 2. MARVYN FORWOOD, 3.
HENRY W. & JUDITH I. YOHE.
PERCHERON MARE, SENIOR CHAM
PION: WINDERMERE FARMS.
PERCHERON MARE, RESERVE SR
CHAMPION; WINDERMERE FARMS.
PERCHERON MARE, JUNIOR CHAM
PION: DAVID HERSHEY & FAMILY.
PERCHERON MARE, RESERVE JR
CHAMPION: BIG VALLEY CARES.
PERCHERON MARE, GRAND CHAM
PION: WINDERMERE FARMS.
PERCHERON MARE, RESERVE
GRAND CHAMPION: DAVID HERSHEY &
FAMILY.
PERCHERON MARE, ANY AGE BRED
BY EXHIBITOR: t. WINDERMERE FARMS.
2 WINDERMERE FARMS, 3. MARVYN
FORWOOD.
PERCHERON JR. GET OF SIRE,
UNDER 2 YR: 1. WINDERMERE FARMS. 2.
.MARVYN FORWOOD. 3. WALTER &
LUCILLE RICE.
Belgian is shown by Donald Shor
test year’s supreme champion.
PERCHERON OPEN GET OF SIRE: 1
WINDERMERE FARMS, 2. WINDERMERE
FARMS, 3.' R. JOHNSTON & L BARN
HART
PERCHERON PRODUCE OF MARE: 1
R. JOHNSTON & L BARNHART. 2 MAR
VYN FORWOOD, 3 R JOHNSTON & L
BARNHART.
PERCHERON MARE AND FOAL: 1 R
JOHNSTON & L BARNHART 2 WALTER
& LUCILLE RICE, 3 BARBARA BREESE
PERCHERON STALLION AND 2
MARES, ANY AGE: 1. WINDERMERE
FARMS, 2. MARVYN FORWOOD, 3 R
JOHNSTON & L. BARNHART
PERCHERON 2 MARES BELONGING
TO ONE EXHIBITOR: 1. WINDERMERE
FARMS. 2. DAVID HERSHEY & FAMILY. 3.
R.JOHNSTON & L. BARNHART.
PERCHERON GELDING, 3 YRS OR
OLDER: 1. ALFRED ROVENOLT, 2.
ALFRED ROVENOLT. 3. SHERWOOD
GROVES FARM.
PERCHERON GELDING, MATED
TEAM: 1. ALFRED ROVENOLT. 2.
ALFRED ROVENOLT, 3. SHERWOOD
GROVES,FARM.
PERCHERON BEST OF BREED: WIN
DERMERE FARMS.
DRAFT HORSE HITCHED
CLYDESDALE ONE HITCHED HORSE
(QENTMEN TO DRV): 1. ROGER & LINDA
THOMS, 2. ROBERT & LAURA MARTIN. 3.
NORMAN WEBER.
PERCHERON ONE HITCHED HORSE
(QENTLMEN TO DRV): 1. WINDERMERE
FARMS. 23. ALFRED ROVENOLT, 3.
ALFRED ROVENOLT.
BELGIAN CLYDESDALE ONE
HITCHED HORSE (GENTLEMEN TO
DRV): 1. BJ MCTIGHE, 2. DONALD SHER
WOOD, 3. WILLIAM KIGER.
CLYDESDALE ONE.HITCHED HORSE
(LADIES TO DRV): I.' ROGER & LINDA
THOMS. 2. ROGER & LINDA THOMS. 3.
NORMAN WEBER.
PERCHERON ONE HITCHED HORSE
(LADIES TO DRV): 1. ALFRED ROV
ENOLT. 2. DAVID HERSHEY & FAMILY. 3.
R. JOHNSTON & L. BARNHART.
BELGIAN ONE HITCHED HORSE
(LADIES TO DRIVE): 1. BJ MCTIGHE. 2.
WILLIAM KIGER, 3. J. MARK RYBURN.
ONE HITCHED HORSE (YOUTH TO
DRIVE): 1. WILLIAM KIGER, 2. DALTON &
MARY LORAH. 3. ALICE MATSON.
TEAM HITCH: 1. ALFRED ROVENOLT
2. ROBERT & LINDA THOMS. 3. SHER
WOOD GROVES FARM.
(Turn to Pago ASS)