A34-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, September 13, 1997
‘Miles’ Goes The Distance At Denver Sheep Show
ANDY ANDREWS
Lancaster Farming Staff
DENVER (Lancaster Co.)
Instead of nicknaming the lamb
‘Traveler,” as the man who helped
transport the wether suggested,
Rachel Day knew better.
At the suggestion of a good
friend, she decided to call the
market lamb “Miles” as in the
saying, you know, “Miles to go
before I sleep . . . .”
Through a series of mishaps and
miscalculations, the lamb that she
purchased from Ohio traveled to
Pennsylvania by way of New
Jersey—at least that was the plan.
As it turned out, it took several
attempts for a friend of the family.
Dr. Robert Herr, to finally pick up
“Miles” and bring him home.
Luckily for Rachel, it all worked
out in the end—because on Thurs
day evening she won grand
champion market lamb at the Den
ver Fair.
Rachel, 15, daughter of Cliff
and Anna Day, is in the 10th grade
at Garden Spot High School.
Instead of taking the suggested
name “Traveler” for her
135-pound heavyweight Suffolk
crossbred from Herr, she took the
advice of friend Gina Baumiller to
call it "Miles.”
But even Rachel knows that
names can only do so much to win
the attention of the judge. It was
the work Rachel put into feeding
and exercising the market wether
including stepping the ram up a
ramp 10-15 feet in length almost
every day that gave her the
market championship.
Rachel said she will be showing
sheep at the Ephrata and New Hol
land fairs.
In the end, show judge David
Lytle, a Hampshire breeder from
New London, said that with the
amount of meat on the lamb, it was
obviously the winner. He said it
simply stood out as superior to the
other lambs.
Rachel’s wether won out over
the reserve champion, the middle
weight champion shown by Ryan
Donough.
In this case, Ryan, 13, son of Ed
and Laßue Donough, Manheim,
chose the nickname “Taz.” As to
who suggested the name, Ryan
simply said that “it needed a
name,” and the TV cartoon “Taz
manian Devil” provided it.
By the way—the lamb is pretty
mild-mannered, compared to its
pen-and-ink TV counterpart.
Ryan is in the Bth grade at Man
heim Central Middle School. He
indicated the Suffolk crossbred
wether, at 11 pounds, is homebred
from the family’s own ewes and
rams. He won champion at Denver
a couple of years ago, according to
his mother, Laßue.
Ryan said he put Taz through a
devilishly rigorous hurdle prog
ram. The lamb was run in a
30-foot, circular track with six hur
dles, like those used by track and
field stars. The wether got 20 laps
through the hurdles every day.
Ryan will be showing more
sheep at Ephrata Fair, New Hol
land Farmers Fair, Manheim Farm
Show, and the state Farm Show.
Travis Redmond, 13, son of
Jean and Henry Redmond, Mohn
ton, won grand champion ram with
his Shropshire ram lamb, “Bud
dy.” Travis, Twin Valley Middle
School 7th grader, won reserve
champion last year at Denver. Tra
vis will be showing at several fairs,
including Reading, Oley, New
Holland, and the stale farm show.
Lytle said that the ram is
“extremely long in the loin” and
shows a great bit of character for a
Shropshire.
Reserve went to Jay Zimmer
man, 17, son of Jay and Joann Zim
merman, Reinholds. He won with
a Southdown ram, “Pioneer,” He’s
a junior at Cocalico High School.
Lytle was impressed with the
Suffolk spring ewe, which he
thought was an “extremely thick
topped ewe. It stands on a good set
of feet and legs,” he said. Lytle
noted that the sheep is “one of the
more correct sheep we had to look
at today."
The supreme ewe was shown by
Andrew Gerhart, 10, son of Glenn
and Cathy Gerhart, Reinholds.
Andrew showed a spring ewe
obtained from Lyn Lee Farms,
State College. Andrew is in the slh
grade at Adamstown Elementary
and will be showing at various
fairs, including Ephrala, New Hol
land, Keystone International
Livestock Expo (KILE), Man
heim, and state Farm Show.
The reserve ewe was shown by
Jimmy Zimmerman, 13, son of Jay
and Joann Zimmerman, Rein
holds. Jimmy showed a Hampshire
spring ewe. He’s in the Bth grade at
Cocalico. He will be showing at
Ephrata, New Holland, KILE,
Manheim, and state Farm Show.
At Denver there were a total of
24 exhibitors, 44 market sheep, 61
breeding sheep in all, 10 diffe
rent breeds of sheep. Following is
a list of show placings.
DENVER FAIR
SHEEP SHOW
RESULTS
SHOWMANSHIP
4th Year and Over. 1. Travis Redmond. 2
Jay Zimmerman 3 Travis Donough.
2nd and 3rd Year Exhibitors; 1. Becky Day
2. Joelynn Donough. 3. Kellie Graeff.
Ist Year Exhibitors. 1. Rachel Day. 2,
Joseph Hbshman. 3. Dallassa Bowman.
CHAMPION SHOWMAN
Travis Redmond
RESERVE
Jay Zimmerman
.MARKET LAMBS
Lightweight Class 1 (78-95 lbs): 1. Travis
Donough 2 Travis Donough 3 Stacy
Haines.
Class 2 (96-98 lbs); 1. Ryan Donough 2.
Joelynn Donough. 3. Jay Zimmerman.
Class 3 (100-104 lbs ) 1. Radell Peters 2
Jimmy Zimmerman. 3 Amy Haines.
Lightweight Champion. Ryan Donough
Reserve Travis Donough
Medium Weight Class 4 (106-107 lbs). 1.
Ryan Donough 2 Radell Peters. 3. Jay
Zimmerman
Class 5 (108-110 lbs )• 1. Travis Donough
2. Joelynn Donough. 3. Radell Peters.
Class 6 (111-112 lbs). 1. Ryan Donough
2 Gerald Boyd. 3 Becki Day.
Medium Weight Champion. Ryan
Donough Reserve. Travis Donough.
Heavyweight Class 7(114 lbs.): 1 Gerald
Boyd 2. Joseph Hibshman 3 Travis
Redmond
Class 8 (116-120 lbs) 1. Joelynn
Donough. 2. Gerald Boyd 3 Sarah Boyd.
Class 9 (121-135 lbs): 1. Rachel Day. 2
Sarah Boyd. 3 Jimmy Zimmerman
Heavyweight' Champion. Rachel Day.
Reserve Joelynn Donough
GRAND CHAMPION
MARKET LAMB
Rachel Day
RESERVE
Ryan Donough
Pair of Market Lambs:
Class 1; 1. Ryan Donough. 2. Travis
Donough 3. Jay Zimmerman.
Class 2 1 Radell Peters 2 Joseph Hibsh
man 3 Amy Haines.
Class 3. 1. Joelynn Donough. 2. Jimmy
Zimmerman 3 Travis Redmond
Class 4. 1 . Rachel Day. 2. Gerald Boyd 3
Sarah Boyd.
Champion Pair Ryan Donough Reserve.
Joelynn Donough
BREEDS
CHEVIOT
Ewe 2 Years and Over: 1. Keith Bollinger
2. Keith Bollinger
Ewe 1 Year And Under 2: 1 Keith
Bollinger.
Spring Ewe Lamb: 1. Keith Bollinger 2
Keith Bollinger.
Two Ewe Lambs: 1 Keith Bollinger.
Champion Ewe. Keith Bollinger. Reseive.
Keith Bollinger
COLUMBIA
Ram 1 Year and Under 2' 1 Amy Haines
Ram Lamb Under 1 Year 1 Gabriel
Bowman.
Champion Ram- Gabriel Bowman.
Reserve: Amy Haines
Ewe 2 Years and Over 1 Gabriel Bow
man 2 Amy Haines
Rachel Day, far right, won grand champion market lamb at Denver. From left, Ryan
Donough, reserve champion; David Lytle, show judge; and Rachel.
Ewe 1 Year and Under 2' 1. Stacy Haines.
2. Amy Haines.
Spring Ewe Lamb'l Amy Haines. 2. Stacy
Haines. 3. Amy Haines.
Two Ewe Lambs: 1. Amy Haines. 2. Stacy
Haines.
Champion Ewe: Gabriel Bowman
Reserve' Stacy Haines.
Breeder's Flock: Amy Haines.
DORSET
Ram Lamb Under 1 Year: 1. Radell Peters.
Champion Ram: Radell Peters.
Ewe 2 Years and Over: 1. Radell Peters.
Ewe 1 Year and Under 2.1. Radell Peters
Spring Ewe Lamb: 1 Radell Peters.
Champion Ewe: Radell Peters. Reserve:
Radell Peters.
Breeder's Flock: 1. Radell Peters.
HAMSPHIRE
Ewe 1 Year and Under 2- 1. Jimmy
Zimmerman.
Spring Ewe Lamb 1. Jimmy Zimmerman,
2. Gerald Boyd.
Champion Ewe: Jimmy Zimmerman.
Reserve; Jimmy Zimmerman.
JACOBS
Ewe 1 Year and Under 2' 1. Radell Peters.
Champion Ewe: Radell Peters.
LINCOLN
Ewe 1 Year and Under 2. 1. Gabriel
Bowman
Champion Ewe. Gabnel Bowman.
POLYPAY
Ram Lamb Under 1 Year: 1 Dallassa
Bowman
Champion Ram Dallassa Bowman.
Spring Ewe Lamb. 1 Dallassa Bowman. 2.
Dallassa Bowman.
Two Ewe Lambs. 1. Dallassa Bowman.
Champion Ewe: Dallassa Bowman.
Reserve' Dallassa Bowman.
SHROPSHIRE
Ram Lamb Under 1 Year: 1. Travis Red
mond 2. Travis Redmond 3. Casey Seibert.
Champion Ram. Travis Redmond.
Reserve. Travis Redmond.
Ewe 2 Years and Over 1. Casey Seibert 2.
Casey Seibert. 3. Travis Redmond.
Ewe 1 Year and Under 2 1 Travis Red
mond. 2. Casey Seibert.
Spring Ewe Lamb: 1. Casey Seibert. 2.
Travis Redmond. 3. Casey Seibert.
Two Ewe Lambs; I.Casey Seibert.2 Tra
vis Redmond. 3. Derek Redmond.
Champion Ewe: Casey Seibert. Reserve:
Travis Redmond.
SOUTHDOWN
Ram 1 Year and Under 2: 1 Jay
Zimmerman.
Ram Lamb Under 1 Year. 1. Jimmy
Zimmerman.
Champion Ram: Jay Zimmerman.
Reserve; Jimmy Zimmerman.
Ewe 2 Years and O/er; 1. Jimmy Zimmer
man 2. Jay Zimmerman.
Ewe 1 Year and Under 2: 1. Jimmy Zim
merman. 2 Jimmy Zimmerman 3 Jay
Zimmerman.
Spring Ewe Lamb: 1. Jimmy Zimmerman
2 Jimmy Zimmerman. 3. Jimmy Zimmerman.
Two Ewe Lambs: 1. Jimmy Zimmerman. 2.
Jay Zimmerman.
Champion Ewe: Jimmy Zimmerman.
Reserve; Jimmy Zimmerman.
Breeder's Young Flock; 1. Jimmy
Zimmerman.
Breeder's Flock: 1. Jimmy Zimmerman. 2.
Jay Zimmerman.
SUFFOLK
Ewe 2 Years and Oner; 1 Andrew Gerhart
Ewe 1 Year and Under 2:1. Andrew Ger
hart. 2. Keith Bollinger. 3. Andrew Gerhart.
Spring Ewe Lamb: 1. Andrew Gerhart.
Champion Ewe: Reserve:
Ram champions at Denver. From left, Jay Zimmerman,
reserve; David Lytle, judge; and grand champion, Travis
Redmond.
Denver Fair ewe champions. From left, Jimmy Zimmer
man, reserve; David Lytle, judge; Stephanie Anderson,
Denver Fair queen; and Andrew Gerhart, champion.
GRAND CHAMPION RAM
Travis Redmond
RESERVE
Jay Zimmerman
GRAND CHAMPION EWE
Andrew Gerhart
RESERVE
Jimmy Zimmerman
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