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Friday, March 25, 1949 THE DAILY NEBRASKAN PAGE 3 Riding Attractions to Highlight 4 1949 Jr. Ak-Sar-Ben Show Hi Horselovers will be especially attracted to this year's Junior Ak-Sar-Ben show. The annual affair will be held in the 4-H arena of the state fair grounds at 8 p.m. Saturday. It will feature a coed riding contest, a trick horse, a fine-harness team, jumpers and other attractions in addition to the livestock exhibi tions. Bob Hamilton, Ag college sen ior from Petersbury is the show manager. Other show officials are Merle Stalder, master of cere monies and Berl Damkroger, ring master. Jack King, Lincoln, has the job of special announcer. rumpeters Len Allen, Herman Larsen and John jmus win open the show. The United States flag will be presented by Richard Hudson riding Trixie for the Co lonial Court stables of Lincoln. He will ride in an expensive all plastic saddle to match the spotted horse. Among the special features is a graceful Tennessee walking horse, Crests' Nancy Jane, owned and ridden by Richard Hudson. It is the first to be exhibited at the Junior Ak-Sar-Ben. Mel Beer mann, an Ag college alumnus from liincoln, will twine ropes in fancy loops while riding his palo mino, Golden Rex. Beermann's daughter, Del Rae, will also par ticipate. She will twirl a lighted loop while her father and she are mounted on the golden-colored horse. Rascal Junior, a two-year old palomino owned and ridden by Harvey Berry, Lincoln, will "say his prayers, play dead, kneel and count his age." Martha DeLong, a university coed from Nebraska City will drive a fine-harness team as part of the show. The team is from the DeLong Stables and was used in presenting the queen at the 1948 American Royal Livestock show at Kansas City. This will be the first time in the history of the Junior Ak-Sar-Ben for such an exhibition. The team combines beauty, grace and rhythm. An exhibition of jumping horses will be presented by experts from Lincoln who have been invited to participate in the show. Riders are Helen Ackerman, Rollo Acker- man. Dr. G. A. Ackerman. fcd Ackerman. Anita Ackerman. Mor on gorier ana Leslie j-oomis. jr Lad, Ag college shepherd, who participated in last year's sheep cutting contest will look on this year because of illness. Pinch hitting for Lad will be Susie, owned by M. A. Alexander and handled by W. T. Esry. A small daughter of Lad and Susie, La Sue, might be present to say "Woof! Woof ! ," according to Prof. Alexander. I Another feature attraction of the show will be a cow-cutting exhibition with prize cow ponies' in action. "Cow pokes" participat ing will be Bruce Haskell, Jim Monahan and Jim Curtis. The winner of each class of livestock shown will receive a Knights of Ak-Sar-Ben medal, given by the Knights of Ak-Sar-Ben at Omaha. Exhibitions of sheep, beef cattle, dairy cattle, horses and hogs will be judged. The champion showman will have his name engraved on a Junior Ak-Sar-Ben trophy on display in the Animal Husbandry building, and will also receive a gold medal from the national Block and Bridle club. Last year's champion was Don Smith, who showed sheep. Ribbons will be awarded to the ten highest in each class. Bob Simm is superintendent of the horse showing and fitting ex hibition. The horses are purebred Morgans raised at Ag college. J. V. Dunlap, from the Animal Hus bandry department, will judge. Participants are: Ronnld Preston Richard Counce Garland Carlson Beverly Shuman Bob Brown Bill Wylle Boyd Brldenbaugh Ted Jearv Leland Kelster, jr. William Holmel In the coed riding contest, west ern style, Mrs. Audrey Labart, veteran western style rider, will judge. Participating are: Ruth Hayward Clarice Fiala Laverna Acker Lucille Snyder Ramona Young Doris Eberhart Cheiie Vlele Virginia Baskin Joan Fickllng Ardis Westerboff Alice Anderaon The first two-ring circus of the evening will be the showing of university hogs and sheep by stu dents who have washed, cleaned, trimmed and manicured their fa vorites in hopes of becoming champion showman of the eve ning. The pigs will have had a bath, hair trimmed from the ears, hair oil applied to their stubborn coat and proper attention given to the curl in their tails. The sheep will have a coat trim. Superintendent of hog showing and fitting is Gene Jensen. Prof. W. J. Lieffel of the Animal Hus bandry department will judge, Contestants are: Bob Beck LaVern Popken Ralph Jild Linus Urbka Garland Carlson Darren Nelson Adrian Klunc Roland Reynolds Ed Rousek Rex Cram Phil Olsen Bob Robinson Tom Lambert Darrell Heiss Kenneth Frey Lewis Halsey Don Smith is in charge of the sheep showing and fitting exhi bition. Judge will be J. V. Dun lap. Participants are: Dean Eberspacher Everett Wllkens Wilbur Pauley Donald Lawnon Glenn Morltx Delbert Kopf Kaye Gauger Frank Slbert Frederick KInghorn A second two-ring show will include beef cattle and dairy cat tie classes fitted by students. r There will be 50 head of cattle with seven different breeds represented. Co-superintendents of the dairy showing and fitting contest are Glenn Claybaugh and Don Clem ent. L. E. Liebers, Skyline Dairy, will judge. Exhibitors are: Joe Hageman Kaipn Hansen Morris Elberger Charles Fairley Kenneth Johnson Eugene Flynn Bill Bteingruger Jack Sautter Tracy Clark Donald Perry Gayle Hattan Tom Myers Don Kerl Fred Hosterman William Moore Keith Versaw Lloyd Youngman Bob Beck David Jones Joe Havelka In the beef showing and fitting- contest, Neil Fouts is superintend ent. Tom Dowe, from the Animal Husbandry department, will judge. Entrants are: Phil Skinner Clayton Yeutter Eugene Robinson Norval Utemark Dick Gowen Bruce Haskell Lyman Rehmeier Don Kramper Alice Anderson Garland Carlson James Dayle Lawrence Collins Dean F.berspacher Rex Messersmtth Sherman Gillett Steve Eberhart Don Bever Jerry Johnson Eleanor Erickson Ardis Westerhoft Gil Gierhan Bob Scheeve Bob Scherer Jim Williams 4 . .K A' ft V, CLARICE FIALA of Ord, last year's Junior Ak-Sar-Ben winner of the coed's riding contest, western style, will participate again in 1949. Eleven riders are in the special competition class this year The winning rider will be chosen by Mrs. Aubrey Labart of Over ton, a veteran western style rider and a foimer exhibitor in Lincoln at the Colonial Court show. Miss Fiala is a University home eco nomics sophomore. Ar Ak-Sar-Ben To Honor New Dean Lambert Saturday night's Junior Ak-Sar-Ben show will be dedicated to the new dean of the agricul tural college, Dr. W. V. Lambert, and Mrs. Lambert. The event, 15th of its kind, is sponsored by Block and Bridle, Ag animal husbandry honorary. Dean Lambert was a member of the Nebraska Block and Bridle club when it and the Iowa, Mis souri and Kansas clubs met in Chicago to form the national or ganization in 1919. Since that time 22 chapters have been added. AT TOE PRESENT time, Prof. M. A. Alexander, of the Animal Husbandry department, is presi den of the National Block and Bridle club. Bob Hamilton is the president of the Nebraska chap ter. For the last two years a Nebras ka chapter member has won the National Merit Trophy Award by being elected the most outstand ing member in the United States This is a record to date. The 1947 winner was Willard Visek from Ord. The 1943 winner was Red Raun, Minden. CHANCELLOR R. G. Gustav son, Dean C. W. Borgmann, the Board of Regents and Gov. Val Peterson have been invited to sit in a special section with Dean and Mrs. Lambert at the show. Especially dedicated to Dean and Mrs. Lambert will be the performance of "Applejack," the sweepstake winner for jumpers at the National Western Livestock show for three years. The prize jumper belongs to the father of Morton Porter, university student. Porter will ride the horse in the show. YW Sends New Candle Shipment Through the efforts of many people, the YW has been able to ship 150 pounds of candles to Germany. Many of the German people ob tain all of their heat and light from this source so the candles were greatly appreciated. How ever, there is still great need and the YW is preparing to send an other shipment over. If any persons or groups have candles which they have finished with or are not going to use, the YW would appreciate it if they would turn them into the YW office. i A FEATURED ATTRACTION at the 1949 Junior Ak-Sar-Ben will be Mel Beermann and his daughter, Del Rae, in a rope twirling act. The pair will be riding Beermann's favorite palomino horse, Golden Rex, and will twirl a lighted loop. Beerman is an agricul tural college alumnus from Lincoln. 'fH? i'J & ,. J- minimi li I i Mi:'.v.-.wfav.-'- VICKI WEEKS, Omaha, will ride "American Cadet" in the invi tational class for three-gaited horses. Vicki rode last year in the Colonial Court Farm Horse show here in Lincoln. Other riders in this class will be Pat Hammond, Lincoln, riding "Dr. John B.": Georgia Lee Hudson, Lincoln, riding "Miss Parade of Elegance," owned by the Colonial Court Stables; and Sally Lemmers, Omaha, riding "Marx Maid," owned by Frank Lemmings. fc' 'Si i: kit' iA- i 'NK ' ' Y .. . , . . "... ... m ..';.'.-. ' . - 1 ? BERL DAMKROGER, De Witt, will be ringmaster for the Junior Ak-Sar-Ben show. Damkroger was master of ceremonies in the 1948 presentation. Other 1949 student officials are Bob Hamilton, Petersburg, show manager and Merle Stalder, Salem, master of ceremonies. Jack King, Lincoln, has the job of special announcer. The show will be heralded by trumpeters with high hats and long horns. They are Len Allen, Herman Larsen and Jolyi Ellis.