GAIL STROCK
Mifflin Co. Correspondent
HUNTINGDON (Huntingdon
Co.) —“I’m overwhelmed we did
it again!” exclaimed Naomi Speer
just minutes after her 9-year-old
Holstein cow in the 125,000 Class
won grand champion of its breed
at the Huntingdon County Fair,
held mid-August in Huntingdon.
My-Favorite Vanguard Kandi
has been a favorite of judges at
various Holstein shows over the
past few years, winning the grand
champion rosette again and again
for Speerette Farms. Naomi said
Kandi peaked in lactation in April
and May at 154 pounds a day.
Holstein judge Kress Simpson
commended the amount of milk
she is producing for her age.
In the rest of the Holstein Show,
BRKN - Mirror Boutonnier Tara,
an aged cow owned by Jim and
Kim Grove and Bob Hamner,
earned reserve grand champion
honors. This 6-year-old won re
serve All-Pennsylvania as a
4-year-old in 1996. Jim Grove’s
comments echoed what the judge
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Huntingdon County Fair
Features Open , Youth Dairy Shows
had to say about the aged cow
class in this show.
“It’s been a good show,” Jim
said “My guess is that the aged
cow class has a type classification
average of 92. A county show
doesn’t get any better than this.
Junior Holstein champion hon
ors went to Nathan Couch’s win
ter yearling, Lakevue Warner
Spearmint, while Samantha Foster
won reserve junior champion with
her fall calf, Globe Run Milan
Pop Com.
Judge of the colored breed
shows was Rick Verbeek.
Verbeek chose Eugenia Harp
ster’s aged cow as the Jersey
grand champion and Joyce Harp
ster’s 5-year-old for reserve grand
champion. Gregory McMurtrie
showed the junior champion while
Harold and Shirley Harpster enter
ed the reserve junior champion
Jersey.
In the Ayrshire Show, Alan
Brant showed his aged cow to win
grand champion honors. Alan
Brant had entered the other half of
his show herd at the Fulton Coun-
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ty Fair where he took grand and
reserve champion. Huntingdon
County’s Dairy Princess Sara
Hayden showed her aged cow to
win reserve grand champion hon
ors. Junior champion went to
Chris Semple’s fall Ayrshire calf
while A. Carolyn Loucks won re
serve junior champion with her
fall yearling.
Seven animals were entered in
the Brown Swiss show. Nicholas
Burket won both grand and re
serve grand champion. Abigail
Mowrer won junior champion
honors with her spring yearling.
In the Guernsey Show, Jan Sni
der showed a 4-year-old to win
grand champion. Snider Home
stead also took junior and reserve
junior champion honors. Reserve
grand champion went to Amber
Clark and her junior 2-year-old.
Alan Roger Brant won grand
champion in the Milking Short
horn show with his 4-year-old
while Douglas Hoover Jr., showed
his 4-year-old to win reserve
grand champion.
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From the left, Holstein judge Kress Simpson stands with the Holstein champions of
the Huntingdon County Fair, with Naomi Speer at the halter of the grand champion,
Bob Hamner and Jim Grove with their reserve grand champion, Huntingdon County
Dairy Princess Sara Hayden, and, in front, children Trisha and Zachary Grove.
Showing the open division champion Guernsey of the Huntingdon County Fair are,
from the left, Judge Rick Verbeek, Amber Clark with her reserve grand champion, and
Jan Snider with the grand champion.
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, September 19, 1998-D3
Monday during the Huntingdon
County Fair. The open animals en
tered the show ring the following
day.
HUNTINGDON COUNTY
FAIR DAIRY SHOWS
OPEN DIVISION
Ayrshire
SPRING CALF: 1. Michael Brant. 2. A.
Carolyn Loucks. 3. Andrew Keith.
WINTER CALF; 1. Jodi Keith. 2. Joseph
Shope.
FALL CALF; 1. Chris Semple. 2. Sara K.
Hayden.
SUMMER YEARLING; 1. Lawanda L.
Kling.
SPRING YEARLING; 1. Amanda Brant. 2
Lacey Crownover.
WINTER YEARLING: 1. Alan Roger
Brant. 2. Joseph Shope.
FALL YEARLING: 1. A. Carolyn Loucks.
DRY COW 4 YEARS & UNDER: 1. Justin
Semple.
JUNIOR 2-YEAR-OLD; 1. Michael Brant.
2. Melvin Brant 3. A. Carolyn Loucks.
SENIOR 2-YEAR-OLD; 1. Alan Roger
Brant 2. Michael Brant
JUNIOR 3-YEAR-OLD: 1. Michael Brant
SENIOR 3-YEAR-OLD: 1. Sara Hayden.
4-YEAR-OLD; 1. A. Carolyn Loucks. 2.
Alan Roger Brant. 3. Julie Hall Weller
S-YEAR-OLD; 1. Michael Brant. 2. Sara
tlayden.
125,000 LB CLASS; 1. Brenda Hall.
6 YEARS & OLDER; 1. Alan Roger Brant.
2. Sara Hayden.
GRAND CHAMPION - Alan Roger Brant
RESERVE GRAND CHAMPION - Sara
Hayden.
JUNIOR CHAMPION • Chris Semple.
RESERVE JUNIOR CHAMPION - A.
Carolyn Loucks.
BEST ANIMAL BRED I OWNED - A. Car
olyn Loucks.
Brown Swiss
SPRING YEARLING; 1. Abigail Mowrsr.
DRY COW 5 YEARS I OVER; 1. Brandy
Homing.
JUNIOR 2-YEAR-OLD. 1. Nicholas Burk
#L 2. Brandy Homing. 3. lan Michael Hay
den.
JUNIOR 3-YEAR-OLD-1. Nicholas Burk-
5-YEAR-OLD: 1. lan Michael Hayden.
GRAND CHAMPION - Nicholas Burket.
RESERVE GRAND CHAMPION - Nicho
las Burket.
JUNIOR CHAMPION - Abigail Mowrer.
BE ST ANIMAL BRED & OWNED - Brandy
Homing.
Guernsey
SPRING CALF: 1. Zachary Taylor. 2
Charann Foster.
WINTER CALF; 1. Jan Snider.
FALL CALF: 1. Aaron Gable.
SUMMER YEARLING; 1. Aaron Gable. 2.
Snider Homestead.
WINTER YEARLING; 1. Kendy Gable.
FALL YEARLING: 1. Jan Snider.
DRY COW 4 YEARS & UNDER: 1. Knsti
Snider.
JUNIOR 2-YEAR-OLD: 1. Amber Clark. 2.
Sherri Hoover.
> SENIOR 2-YEAR-OLD: 1. Bemeta Gable.
JUNIOR 3-YEAR-OLD; 1. Jan Snider.
SENIOR 3-YEAR-OLD: 1. Knsti Snider. 2.
Charann Foster.
4- YEAR-OLD: 1. Jan Snider. 2. Amber
Clark. 3. Charann Foster.
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