Ag Progress Conducts 4-H Horse Skillathon
BECCA GREGOR
Penn State Correspondent
ROCKSPRING (Centre Co.)
Amid the din of nervous
laughter and the smell of dusty
horses comes the crackle of a
loudspeaker: “Will the partici
pants of the eight through 11 age
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Hostesses Rhoda Landis, Ruth
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On Aug. 8, hostesses Pauline
Stoltzfus, Helen Herr, and Doro
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Paradise Park, the place for this
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group please approach the ring?”
Hope Bailey, 11, of Emporium,
waits with her horse, “Allie,” in
line with other girls her age.
Bailey, along with 22 other
young people, participated in the
4-H Equine Skillathon Aug. 16 at
Penn State’s Ag Progress Days.
devotional by Pauline Stoltzfus
and reporting on the earning
project at the Corn Maize, the
group went to nearby Christ
Home, where we took a tour of
the facility home for children
ages four through high school. A
gift of paper supplies was given
to the home.
Dan Jerchaw, a Manheim
Township policeman, took time
out on June 20 to come to the
Farm and Home Center where
our society was entertaining
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The Skillathon, co-sponsored by
The Pennsylvania Quarter Horse
Association and Penn State Col
lege of Agricultural Sciences Co
operative Extension, tests young
equestrians’ complete horse
knowledge.
Not only do contestants show
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Hostesses greeting the guests
and arranging the serving table
were Eileen McComus, Viola
Hostetter, Clara Rohrer, and
Mildred Herr.
Lancaster County Farm
Women Societies hosted the
Spring Rally at Yoder’s Restau
rant, New Holland, May 16.
ginning the week of Sept. 24.
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their horses in the ring, they also
must answer a written test and
identify objects relating to horses
and horse care.
“I’m a little nervous,” con
fessed Bailey, squinting into the
sun from beneath her beige cow
boy hat. “I’m most nervous about
doing the pattern right,” Bailey
said, describing the steps that all
contestants must follow exactly
with their horse once in the ring.
“Tell me the pattern,” said Ken
Bailey, Hope’s father, and she
did perfectly.
Bailey and the other young
participants visit about 12 shows
a year, according to Ken and
Sharon Bailey, who were delight
ed that their daughter had taken
such a fancy to horses. The Bai
leys send Hope to the Elk County
4-H, where they said she has
opened up as she found a passion
in horses. “Hopie just kind of fit
right in with them,” said Sharon
Bailey.
Meanwhile, Brooke Bricen, 14,
of Weedville, prepared for her
turn in the ring. Last year Bricen
and her horse, “Billy Bixbee,”
won the 12-14 age bracket at the
Skillathon.
Bricen brushed excess dust and
dirt off of Billy’s back and legs,
while the horse struggled to reach
a few branches of a nearby tree.
Bricen scolded Billy, cleaning out
Billy’s mouth as well. “If her
mouth was green that’d be the
end of it,” said Bethany Bricen,
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Brooke’s older sister. “The judges
are really strict.”
And strict they are since
contestants must follow the pat
tern exactly, they lose points fast
for small mistakes or flaws in ap
pearance and posture. As Hope
Bailey exited the ring, she ex
changed words with Brooke Bri
cen: “Don’t go over there,” Hope
said, pointing to a far corner of
the ring, “that’s where I went
and it was wrong. You have to
turn 180 and go back that way.”
Bricen thanked her and
smiled. Bailey smiled gently
back, and walked Allie out of the
immediate area.
But the 4-H has taught young
equestrians about more than
being competitors. It has given
them an outlet for their energy
and enthusiasm, and friends to
share it with, some who they can
talk with, and some who they can
talk to. “I’ve been riding my
whole life,” said Rebecca Barn
hart, 18, who has been showing
horses since she was 7-years-old
and participated in the 15-18 age
bracket. “I like horses because
they don’t talk back they’re
better to talk to than people.”
And some 4-H’ers even pursue
a career with horses as a result of
their time competing. Barnhart
will attend the University of Fin
ley, Ohio, this fall to study pre
veterinary science and horseman
ship. Her horse “Happy,” will
make the trip to Ohio as well.