“It teaches them to have a good work ethic,” Priscilla said. “Being well aware of their surroundings in the ring, their sportsmanship, those are the principles that will generally do pretty well.”īut the competition is not all about winning, she added. “Somebody who’s attentive to the judge, who smiles - they’re gonna do well,” she said. The trick, Priscilla said, really is showmanship. “It doesn’t take that long to learn, and it’s really easy to do once you do it a lot.” “But after you realize what you’re doing, you get a really good hang of it,” Mackenzie said. Mackenzie Schultheis, 11, said this was her second year participating in the competition and that her first try was “pretty nerve-wracking.” “For showmanship, it’s just on how you show it,” Kennedy said. “Those are really big - you have to have a stick to move their feet,” she said of the cows.īut size mattered little for Kennedy, saying she was confident she could do it. Kennedy said she previously has shown sheep, but had never shown goats, beef cows or dairy cows. Kennedy Kunzler, 10, said it was her first time participating in the competition. “Then, some of them have only ever shown sheep, and so they’ll show something as a big as a beef cow or a dairy cow - so it just gives them an opportunity to show different species without having to own them.” “Some of our exhibitors have only ever shown a rabbit or a horse, so for some, this is a really different experience,” Priscilla said. “(The judge) is looking for their feet in the right placement at the end, that the animal looks good and how you position your body,” Morgan said.Īnd while many of the exhibitors are no strangers to showmanship, for some it was their first time working with cattle, sheep and goats. Shane Potter/Butler EagleĪ veteran of the competition, Morgan has won Grand Champion Overall, Reserve Grand Champion Market Steer and Grand Champion Steer at the fair - as well as various competitions around the country. Morgan Teets, 16, works with her cow as it is judged in the Class 1 Exhibitors ages 16-21 at the Master Showman Contest on Friday morning at the Big Butler Fair in Franklin Township.
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