A26-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, September 27, 2003
Milking Shorthorn Show Leads Off
All-American Colored Breed Competitions
CHARLENE M. SHUPP
Lancaster Farming Staff
HARRISBURG (Dauphin
Co.) The Milking Shorthorn
Show took center stage Tuesday
afternoon to begin the first of six
colored breed shows to be con
ducted at the 2003 All American
Dairy Show.
At the end of the day, judge
Steve Hendress of Wolcott, Ind.
pulled Halpin’s Mona-EXP to the
center of the ring as the Milking
Shorthorn grand champion
Milking Shorthorn Open Grand Champion Halpin’s
Mona-EXP, exhibited by Mike Helpin, second from right
and Reserve Open Grand Champion Weissmann Flame
Othello Furius, exhibited by Christine Holcomb. From left,
Emily Grove, Pennsylvania Alternate Dairy Princess; Pam
Werley, Pennsylvania Alternate Dairy Princess; Carla Mar
tin, Pennsylvania Dairy Princess; Holcomb; Helpin; and
Elaine Brody, National Milking Shorthorn Queen.
Six-Horse Hitch Set For Keystone
HARRISBURG (Dauphin
Co.) On Friday, Oct. 3, the
Farm Show will come alive
with the sound of thundering
hooves. The All-Breed Classic
Series 6-Horse Hitch will begin
at 6 p.m. in the Equine Arena
of the Farm Show Complex.
An admission fee of $5 per per
son will be charged at the gate.
The six-horse hitches come
from seven states and represent
four major draft horse-breeds.
In 2002, more than 300 six
horse hitchers were entered in
the 45 qualifying
shows across the U.S.
and Canada. The Key
stone International
Livestock Exposition
(KILE) is again a
qualifying show for
the series final. Prize
money totaling more
than $38,000 will be
awarded at the KILE
show.
The North Ameri
can Six-Horse Hitch
Classic Series is the ul
timate driving event in
the heavy horse world.
KILE has been chosen
as one of 45 recog
nized qualifying shows
on the Classic Series
Show, circuit. Each
year all across Ameri
ca, six-horse hitches
perform at state fairs
and agricultural exhi
bitions to accumulate
points for their region
and beyond competing
at qualifying shows
spread across Canada
and the U.S. The com
petition builds to a cli
max at the end of the
year when the high
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owned by Halpin Farms of Cul
lom. 111. Joining the Halpins in
the ring as the reserve was Weis
smann Flame Othello Furius,
owned by Gene, Ryan, and
Christine Weissmann Holcomb
of Greene, N.Y.
In the youth show, grand
champion winner was Kuszmar
DJ Pris-Exp, exhibited by Steven
Kuszlyk of Batavia, N.Y. Round
ing out the grand champion
youth pair was Tudor Hall Forty
niner Rosy-EXP, owned by
point hitches are invited to
compete in the final competi
tion, the Classic Series. The
winner of the Classic Series
All-Breed Trophy is considered
by many to be the best six
horse hitch in the world.
The four major draft horse
breeds that compete in the
Classic Series are Belgians,
Percherons, Clydesdales, and
Shires. Hitches are judged on
conformation, manners, the
proper fit and cleanliness of the
harness, the appropriateness of
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natural draft
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• Exterior handle for clean
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Dylan Pheasant of Williamsburg,
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Both the grand and reserve
grand champions in both the
open and youth show were select
ed as the intermediate champions
in their divisions.
Other champion winners in the
open show were senior champion,
Innisfail RB Princess 787-EXP,
owned by Gregory and Marcia
Clark of Cornish Flat, N.H. and
reserve senior champion, Kusz
mar D-H Raven owned by Majo
rie Kuszlyk of Batavia, N.Y. Jun
ior champion pair winners were
junior champion: Hatpin’s Grade
owned by Amy Halpin of Cul
lom, 111. and reserve junior cham-
pion, Cate’s Clay Nicol-
EXP, owned by Pete Cate
of Warren, N.H.
In the youth division,
senior champion recogni
tion went to GMC Rebel
Jiffy, exhibited by Justin
Clark of Cornish Flat,
N.H. Youth reserve senior
champion was Viking Val
ley Plum Megg-Exp,
owned by Steven Kuszlyk
of Batavia, N.Y. Youth
junior champion was
Tudor Hall RD Cindy G,
exhibited by Katie Albaugh
of Walkersville, Md. Re
serve junior champion was
Bar-D Harp-EXP, exhibi
ted by Elaine Bodey of Ur
bana, Ohio.
Kuszlyk Cattle Compa
ny of Batavia, N.Y., was
named premier breeder
and exhibitor of the Milk
ing Shorthorn Show.
the wagon, and the hitch’s way
of going. The stride of a draft
horse at the walk should be
long, one that covers ground,
with plenty of snap. The trot
should be stylish, giving the
distinct impression of power
and energy.
More than 750 draft horses
will be on display. More than
30 six-horse hitches will be in
competition at KILE.
KILE is Sept. 30-Oct. 6 at
the Farm Show Complex in
Harrisburg.
Milking Shorthorn Youth Grand Champion Kuszmar DJ
Pris-Exp, exhibited by Steven Kuszlyk, center, and re
serve youth grand champion Tudor Hall Fortyniner Rosy-
EXP, exhibited by Dylan Pheasant, second from right.
From left, Pennsylvania Dairy Princess Carla Martin;
Kuszlyk; Pheasant; and Elaine Brody, National Milking
Shorthorn Queen.