A32-L«ncaster Farming, Saturday, July 25, 1998
4-Year-Old Wins Lancaster County
VERNON ACHENBACH JR.
Lancaster Fanning StalT
QUARRYVILLE (Lancaster
Co.) A 4-year-old Holstein, C
Wridalc Broker Clover, owned by
Sandra Frey Thomas of Lancaster,
on Thursday was named grand
champion of the Lancaster County
Black & White Holstein Show,
held at the Solanco Fairgrounds in
Quatryville.
Judge for the show was Steve
Shaw, of Williamsburg, Pa.
There were 132 entries for the
show, and although there were
some no-shows, the size of the
show was about the same if not
slightly larger than most years.
Judge Shaw was full of praise for
the quality of animals.
He especially remarked about
the quality of the champions, a
large frame dry cow (Pennwood
Inspiration Kween, owned by Ash
ley Stoltzfus of Morgantown) that
he said had everything except a
fresh udder that kept her from win
ning. He also praised a pair of
With the open division Junior champions of the Lancaster
County Holstein Show are Dennis Kauffman with the junior
champion and daughter Melonica with the reserve junior
champion.
The P. Robert Wenger family are named premier breeder
and exhibitor of the Lancaster County Holstein Show. Rep
resenting the family here are, from the left standing, Greg
and P. Robert Wenger, and kneeling, family friend and 1998
Pennsylvania Ayrshire Princess Susan Richardson, and
Julie (Wenger) Stauffer. Missing from the photo are
Robert’s wife Debbie, and son Randv.
9-year-old cows owned by P.
Robert Wenger of Quarryville.
Wenger showed the reserve
grand and reserve senior champion
of the open division, a senior
3-year-old, Wcngdales Jed Chari
ty, also the best bred and owned
animal of the open division.
The Wenger family also
received the premimer breeder and
exhibitor award for the show, a
second consecutive honor for the
family. They exhibited eight cows
and two heifers in the show.
Melonica Kauffman, of Lancas
ter, exhibited the junior champion
Holstein of both the open division
and the youth division shows, a
winter calf, Trout-Spring-M Milan
Daria.
The reserve junior champion of
the open division show was shown
by Melonica’s father, Dennis G.
Kauffman, owner of Trout-Spring
Farm in Lancaster. His reserve
champion was a fall calf, Trout-
Spring-K Encour Xya.
In the youth division, the senior
and grand champion was a senior
2-ycar-old, MS LovDal Skybuck
Elvira, owned by Benjamin Welk,
of Quanyville. The day prior,
Welk had shown the animal to win
the grand championship of the
Lancaster County 4-H Holstein
show.
The youth division reserve
senior and reserve grand champion
was a senior 3-ycar-old, C Comes
tar Senata Starbuck-ET, also own
ed by Melonica Kauffman.
The reserve junior champion of
the youth division was a spring
yearling, Fultonway Highlite Star,
owned by Ashley Frey, of
Lancaster.
The Lancaster County Black &
White show also features a 3-year-
old futurity class. The winner was
Donegal Creek Cad Emily-Red,
bred and owned by Joseph Wivell
of Columbia. He also had the sec
ond place animal., while Michael
Bollinger showed the third place
entiy.
From the left, P. Robert Wenger holds the . r of his reserve grand champion of
the Lancaster County Holstein Show, while Dale Bendig serves as leadsman for Sand
ra Thomas, owner of the grand champion, and the two are Joined by county Dairy Prin
cess Audra Wood, show Judge Steve Shaw, and county Dairy Ambassador Lisa Blank.
Showing the champions of the Lancaster County Junior Holstein Show, are, from
the left, Lancaster County Dairy Ambassador Lisa Blank, show Judge Steve Shaw,
county Dairy Princess Audra Wood, Benjamin Welk with his grand champion, Meloni
ca Kauffman with her reserve grand champion, Lydia Kiser at the halter of Kauffman’s
junior champion, and Aahlev P*»u with h»r m«in«
Black & White Show
LANCASTER COUNTY
Holstein Show
SPRING CALF: I.Trout-Spring Farm; 2 Mor
gan Thomas; 3.Zach Akers.
WINTER CALF; I.Melonica Kautlman;
2-Jacob Brown; 3 Aillsson Watemyer.
FALL CALF: I.Dennis Kauffman; 2.Donald,
Joanne Stoltzlus; 3.Nicole Welk.
SUMMER YEARLING; I.Marc Waltemyer;
2 Ellis Kieider.
SPRING YEARUNG: I.Ashley Frey; 2.E111S
Kreider; 3.Star Rock Farms.
WINTER YEARUNG: I.P. Robed Wenger;
2. Philip Weiler; 3. Matthew Groff.
FALL YEARUNG: Uoe Wivell; 2.Gregory
Wenger; 3.Ph9ip Weiler.
JUNIOR CHAMPION; Melonica Kauffman,
winter call.
RESERVE JR CHAMP: Trout-Spring Farm,
tall calf.
DRY COW. 4 & YOUNGER: 1 .Greg Wenger;
2.Joe Wivell
DRY COW. 51 OLDER: I.Ashley Stoltzlus:
2.Greg Wenger, 3.Mary Zeng.
JR 2-YR-OLD: I. Trout-Spring Farm;
Joseph Wivell holds the halter of his winner of the 1998
Lancaster County 3-year-Old Futurity class, Donegal Creek
Cad Emily-Red.
2.Donakf, Joann* Stoltzfus.
SR 2-YR-OLD: 1 .Benjamin Walk; 2.P. Robert
Wenger; 3.Star Rock Farms.
JR3-YR-OLO; P. Robert Wenger; 2.Melonica
Kauffman; 3.Michael Bollinger.
SR 3-YR-OLD: I.P. Robert Wenger,
2.Harvey, Dwight Stoltzfus; S.Melonica
Kauffman.
3- FUTURITY: I.Joseph Wivell,
2.Joseph Wivell; S.Michael Bollinger.
4- I.Sandra Thomas; 2. Donald,
Joanne Stoltzfus; 3 Gregory Wenger.
5- I.Trout-Spring Farm.
100,000 LB; I.P. Robert Wenger.
AGED COW: I.P. Robert Wenger.
SENIOR CHAMPION: Sandra Thomas,
4-year-old.
RESERVE SR CHAMP: P. Robert Wenger,
senior 3-year-old.
GRAND CHAMPION: Sandra Thomas.
RESERVE GRAND CHAMP: P.Robert
Wenger.
BEST THREE; t.Wengdales 2. Penn wood
DAM. DAUGHTER; t.Wengdales; 2.Troul
Spring.
PREMIER BREEDER: Wengdales.
PREMIER EXHIBITOR: Wengdales.