Delaware Valley Holstein Wins Allentown Supreme
VERNON ACHENBACH JR.
Lancaster Farming Staff
ALLENTOWN (Lehigh
Co.) A 5-year-old Holstein
owned by Delaware Valley Col
lege on Wednesday was named
supreme champion of the dairy
breeds at the Greater Allentown
Fair, in Allentown.
Competing in the show’s aged
cow class, Peticote Leadman Doll-
ET, bred by William Petit, was
shown by dairy science college
student and dairy hod manage
ment summer intern Todd Webb,
who showed her to the victory last
year also. It was the third year in a
row that Doll was named supreme.
Delaware Valley showed three
of the four champions of the Hols
tein breed show at Allentown,
though it did not show any bulls.
Last year it showed the supreme
champion bull.
The supreme champion bull of
the 1997 Fair was Lynnacres Luke
Buddy, bom Nov. 4,1996, owned
by Stacy Dietrich. She also
showed the 4-H grand champion
Holstein, Lynnacres Bell Beth, and
aged cow second to the supreme
champion in its age class.
Dietrich also was grand champ
ion showman in that competition.
The Allentown Fair dairy show
operates differently than most fair
dairy shows. It does not have a
show catalog for the audience to
follow, nor does it provide infor
From the left, Berks County Alternate Dairy Princess Rebecca Ruppert, and county
Dairy Princess Erica Davis stand with Todd Webb who holds the halter of the open
division reserve grand champion Jersey of the Greater Allentown Fair, while Mildred
Seeds holds the halter of her returning grand champion Jersey, Top-O-Hill Juno
Tonya.
From the left, Erica Lloyd holds the halter of the reserve Junior champion of the 4-H
division show at the Greater Allentown Fair, while Jill Neiman holds the halter of the
junior champion.
mation on the animals being exhi
bited. It has modernized this year
and show entries, as relating to
premium payouts, were
computerized.
Delaware Valley’s reserve
grand champion of the Holstein
show was DVC Astre Camella, a
senior 2-year-old. It’s junior
champion was DVC Beauty’s
Barb, an intermediate yearling.
The reserve junior champion
Holstein was a junior yearling
shown by Lizzie Moser, who also
showed all four of the Milking
Shorthorn champions.
hi the 4-H division Holstein
show, Moser’s animal was junior
champion, while Stacey Dietrich
showed the reserve junior
champion.
While the grand champion 4-H
Holstein was shown by Stacy Diet
rich, the reserve grand champion
was shown by Jennifer Rassler.
In the Jersey breed show,
Mildred Seeds’ 4-year-old, Top-
O-Hill Juno Tonya, was the return
ing grand champion. Last year she
was the judge’s unofficial selec
tion for runnerup supreme to the
Delaware Valley Holstein.
Delaware Valley showed the
reserve grand champion Jersey,
Stoney Knob Carmel Brandy.
Seeds showed the junior champ
ion also, while Meredith Bailey
showed the reserve junior champ
ion, a Top-O-Hill animal.
From the left, dairy show Judge Jamee Shaw, Mercersburg, stands with Stacey Diet*
rich who holds the halter of her supreme champion bull of the Greater Allentown Fair,
while Berks County Dairy Princess Erica Davis and Alternate Princess Rebecca Rup
pert present the banner
In the 4-H division, Jennifer
Neiman showed the grand and
reserve grand champion Jerseys.
Sister Jill Neiman showed the 4-H
division reserve junior champion,
while Meredith Bailey showed the
junior champion.
In the Ayrshire breed, Karen
Sterner showed the senior and
grand champion, while Seth Wolf
gang showed the reserve senior
and reserve grand champion.
Wolfgang also showed the
junior champion, while Chris
McGinnis showed the reserve
junior champion.
In the 4-H division. Sterner also
captured the grand championship,
while McGinnis showed the
reserve grand champion. McGin
nis showed the junior champion,
also. There was no reserve junior
champion in the 4-H division.
In the Brown Swiss show,
Karen Sterner showed the open
and 4-H division senior and grand
champions, while Shannon Sem-
From the left, Lizzie Moser hold the halter of the reserve
junior champion Holstein of the open division at the Greater
Allentown Fair, while Joy Vance holds the halter of the Dela
ware Valley College’s junior champion.
From the left, Robert Weldenhammer holds the halter of
Delaware Valley College’s reserve grand champion of the
open division Holstein show at the Greater Allentown Fair,
while Todd Webb holds the halter of the grand champion.
mel showed the open division
reserve senior and reserve grand
champion.
In the 4-H division, the reserve
grand champion was shown by
Erica Lloyd.
Lloyd also showed the junior
champion in both the open and 4-H
divisions, a senior yearling; while
Jonathan Sterner showed the
reserve junior champion, a junior
yearling. There were two junior
animals in the show.
In the Guernsey show, Karen
Sterner showed all the animals in
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