Journal; Animals at Fair

A production of the South Carolina Educational Television Network. Good evening everyone and welcome again to coverage of the South Carolina state fair. I'm Tom Fowler and tonight we're going to begin the program in the Ellison building

which is home to the flower department. Rose exhibits plants floral displays of all kinds and we'll see some of that tonight on our program when we come back and spend a few more minutes with the roses and talk about what it takes to become a grower of a champion Rhodes that will be later in the program right now will go to a piece. And William Richardson of w r t Spartanburg as they look at the animals of the faith look at this face. This is the face of a winner. Margot better just play Margo. But Margo is anything but plain. This Guernsey because of her body and her face. Now to you Mark and I look just like any old milk cow you see on a farm.

But to a judge in a cow competition Margot is a beauty queen among beauty queens when she shares in her top class is how well she's been around her up on her shoulders and how well she's really big. Whether she's gone or when she made another winner like Margot This winners from the upstate residing in Greenville County meet her she has a special relationship with Margo. A lot of people don't have a dog this is my. She's like a model. And only 16 years of age to me is already a seasoned veteran of exhibiting calles at local and state fairs. She's been exhibiting calles for seven years. Most weekends from September through October. Tammy and her entire family travel the local fair circuit in South Carolina and North Carolina. The Cal she competes she buys through the for each program each cow cost approximately four hundred fifty dollars which any experience herdsman knows

is a bargain. Clemson University has a very SAT's the farm and they sponsored a project and they go around each Terry and find chaos and they put a man and then you have to get I'm saluted and I go and draw forward like you put names in it and I'll and then you put it in. You raise that care for 18 months and then you take it to the players during the month. Now shelling out often is not as easy as it looks for Sometimes they would by going on the No. It's they step on your feet all the time. And what her the last seven years how successful has Tommy been in these contests. Take a look at just some of her ribbons. Many of which are blue. But Tammy is more than a winner. She's unique. She could be called one of the original Cal girls in the upstate for she is one of the few females who exhibit scales and I think him being one of the few women that do it. If it was pretty weird at first but it is easier they just don't even

tail they just turn to the sino around the couch. You're exhibiting is so good. Her wards include two junior championships one in South Carolina and one in North Carolina. In this respect she takes after her big brother Tim. You could say to me and tim have made winning a family tradition. One cow Tammy one within the project cow competition. Tim bought to begin his own herd with the next year Tim in are the same kale in the adult competition and won the highest honor one can win at the state fair. The governor's Cup and the showmanship category now showing a cowboy is more than just walking it around the ring just like Miss America candidates prime before contest. Cal's two are made to look as beautiful as they can which means clipping the winter coat which according to Tammy is the hardest thing about taking care of a cow. But what might be even harder is the 4H requirement that each cow raised through this program must be auctioned at the end of the state fair.

First it was my so on my first one we sold her and it was pretty hard because I didn't have another one at home. But now I have. This when I was say I'm going to have another one come home today so it's not quite as bad. I'm used to it now and these cows originally bought at a low cost bring big bucks at the auction. Example Tammy sold one of her heifers for eighteen hundred dollars this year Margot will also bring in big bucks for she proves she is a champion by beating all the other calles and winning the blue ribbon in the 4-H project dairy cow competition but it's not the money that makes Jamie compete each year. Nor is it the glory. It's a love and respect for LA she's going through the 4H program. It's. Quality that you need to take the time with someone now and not just put them out in a passion and forget about them. And have them pro Tammy Kinsley. Way I've. Learned like to take time with her I take time with other people and give them a chance.

So what happens after this year's State Fair. When Margo and Tammy are finally separated. Well next year Tammy will be back competing because for every winner there is a potential winner waiting to enter the competition. And this 14 day ok just might be another Margaux. Cows are not the only four legged animals here. There is another four legged animal and animal close the oldest breed of its kind. The Arabian horse and this year's State Fair had an Arabian horse contest. Meet Calvin hazard a 19 year old purebred Arabian horse who stands fourteen point two hands which is approximately five feet tall and he's at the fair for one purpose to show he's the best western pleasure horse in the state. But if it hadn't been for Brandon Brown and her Uncle Larry Shumpert this horse probably would have become exactly like his name. A hazard for the real champions at this horse show are Larry and Brandon. In fact you could call them modern day heroes. When Larry bought

Calvin hazard he believed that has original training made him distrustful and fearful of people in competing. Larry quickly decided if hazard was ever going to compete again than has or desperately needed someone to love him and train him gently into his nice Brandon Brown brain it's been riding since he was five years old and she was only 11 years old when she and hazard began their training and their friendship. And today there is a trust between them that only two best friends could understand. But it wasn't always easy. Like all relationships the horse trainer relationship requires a lot of hard work respect and especially grooming. They have to do to the horse to get her a professor. You have to be in line. If you want to just. Ride him and work with this head and just keep working with him and get him the way you live. For him. To. Win. Before you come you have to get him out nice and.

Polish their face what do you call it. Is it just suffice to say he's got whiskers right here on laughing so you just clip those off because it sound attractive. Clip is years and years and he's got some of his eyes and his bridle path up there because it just makes him look me and his feet were showing especially at the state fair level as an extremely competitive advantage for the judging is demanding on both the horse and the rider as the judges require different paces including the walk the trot and the gallop and in between the spaces the subtleties such as trot and strong trot and sometimes no matter how hard you prepare everything just turns out wrong. I go as a second year out on it. The first or second time I sat in caught myself he's a costume. And. I was out in the rain and everybody and they. Were scouts and they and my parents America. And the

saddle was just a little bit lower. And when I went to run out yeah it kind of. And I flew home. And that's about the most embarrassing thing that. Happens there. Brandon's horse may have only placed fourth in this year's competition but Brandon knows because of the difficulties hazard had in finding the courage to compete to her. Hazard is and always will be a cut above other horses. And if horses could be interviewed then I'm sure hazard would have told this reporter that having Brandon as a trainer is as good if not better than winning a blue ribbon for it was through Brandon's help that this former legal merit horse discovered that competing can be fun if the rider is your best friend. I want to show you another animal. Is that fair. This animal started this your stay here. The thing with this you're saying fiercest why Weiss was. One of the most diligent over for me. And tonight as we end our coverage of the animals we're going to honor the other ways at the state fair for him.

You're more than just a friend. I'm loving. To you. Sweet horse in me. The earth.

From the animals of the South Carolina State Fair will move back inside the Ellison building and look at some beauty of a different sort. The rows exhibit and judging this taking place at this moment. Doug Baker is with the male dog could you tell us your title and tell us what's exactly going on behind us. Behind us we are having our judgment of the South Carolina Rose Society. You asked for my title I'm chairman of judges for the Carolina district which consists of North Carolina and South Carolina. But at this moment we're a judge and a local road show. We have five teams of judges which two judges to each team. They are assigned certain roses and certain classes that they must judge in when they finish that we get all our blue ribbon oneness together after our blue ribbon winners we get. Then we pick a top roles of the show which is known as the queen of the show. Then the second Rose is the king and the princes are gross. That's what our judges are doing at this

time. Who can be a judge. What does it take to be a judge. You must be a member of the American ro society for at least three years you have to go through a judge in school and successfully pass a judge in school. It's not an easy job to do. Once you have asset examination then you have to be an apprentice judge for three years and judge at least five Apprentice shows and after that you are an accredited American ro society judge. How can all the people growing the roses in the competition bring them to flower in exactly this time of the year. Out of all that were way out depends upon the season. This year we have a beautiful show you can see the beautiful roses that we have. But the cold weather and the frost and all that we have had this way and wasn't going to lay in some of our balloons. So what we try to do you have certain roses that will cycle in 30 days you have some that will cycle in 35 days and some up to 50 days. You have to know your particular roles and how it

cycles in order to cut in beef or pay a half hour show state in October. Out of how many roses I know this would be a difficult figure but that when someone brings a rose to a competition. How much work is going into their up to that point. Up to that point is quite a bit of work. You must go out into the garden save maybe four five days before show you look over your blooms. If you see a bloom that you think would be in contention you check in. More or less get a cover to cover your blue check you forage to see what kind of foliage you've got because we have a lot of we in this way. When you've got Bush is a swaying back and forth it'll make damage to your leaves and now and you have to watch out watch out for that also. And once you think that you've got one on a Thursday our Friday Best Photos show you cut it and you refrigerate it hoping that it will be right when you get to Columbia because we have members. We have some of

these roses from far away as Winston-Salem North Carolina down in Georgia now Macon Augusta. We have roses and you can see how far some of our exhibitors will travel. So even Rochelle want you want a blue ribbon. You can't stop these people. We have a lot of it was as much as. Your first Main Street.

Take a look at the road. Thank you. This is one of those popular animal barns a small stock here at the South

Carolina state fair. And in just a couple of minutes we're going to meet. The Brewers from some of the South Carolina they raise rabbits and I will show us some of their. Beautiful rabbits champions here. Let's go to the children's barnyard. Take a look at another popular spot. The ducklings. You. Are the biggest traditionally is that.

If you have. A lady in good shape it's. All kind of reactions do you see you in there watching the ducklings up there. Me. I never did. The same thing. This is the second time. These are the chicks. This one. Has pretty much right. Here. Thank you.

Everyone with their welcome. Here is very. Great. And body wise. Man. He's trying to get me out of. Let's move. Jocko back in his cage here. And take a closer look at the other one here and this is the smallest

of the lop eared breeds and this little fellow very nearly grown just a tremendous difference in the. Lungs. He'll weigh less than four pounds when he's fully grown. Where is the proper way in excess of 15 pounds of. Your ribbons. Show you've won. Quite a few. Gay successfully baguettes rabbits but without her spring. You now. That seem to have a personality out there for you. Why do we have here if we haven't named this one cause it's one of the new it's rates right it's not right. Yet but it will be recognized in November. A cross between the Netherlands which is the smallest breed of rabbit with ham in the Angora rabbit. If not why do you think you have a lot in France. Does it

matter why it is bad. But it's very nice. Even temperament. Ramble. No they Vera you said even a very in their behavior in their temperament. Yes it is quite a bit. We always recommend for parents that you. Get a rabbit specially for small children. The very small rabbits or the larger ones and of course the larger ones are a little too hard to handle. We love the. Layer of a rabbit in fact they're probably the most brazen probably the most popular pet rabbit. We also have been found in the jersey would be a very docile and hollow along with another medium sized rabbit. If people have allergies. To rabbit you know they do and I don't think it's quite as severe as allergies to can but some people do have allergies to

rabbits. That would preclude having a rabbit for a pair. And one thing about rabbits and a lot of people don't know is they can be housebroken just as a cat litter trained to a litter box. It takes a while many places but even if you can be done and a lot of people come through and tell us how successful they've been doing just that. Let's take a look at one more. You have a couple more in there. What you what he very unusual braid this is a tan tan being a breed and black being the variety it's called a tan because of the main contrast and a bright tan color on the belly of the rabbit. Here's Martin very similar to a Datsun or a Doberman dog has a black on top. With a very distinct marking. On the belly all around the jaw and the nose and the eyes and ears.

There by being a mark rabbit it's hard to get one this perfect. OK now. I was noticing something while you were talking how you were holding the rabbit. You're not hurting it show us the way I think of a medium size rabbit what you want to do is pick the rabbit up by its shoulders not by the loose skin on the ear. And then to quickly Place your hand under the rear of the rabbit and support its rear feet. And let the rabbit come up against you. That way he feels secure. He knows he's not going to fall and he is a much calmer if you hold him out away from you. He begins to kick in so he's feeling that he's not here. As long as you're supporting is. Giving him a place to see if you're OK right you can get the last thing I think you've got all of them out. There they sense people such as yourself that are caring for them until they notice a difference in the people you work with and they never recognize your power lines.

Bike and. This is a very challenging very bread it is bread. It is rabbit saddle right here and it is a little bit backwards. To get a good Dutch is going to have a stright line right across. They are coming right at the end of it. And. The stops. Which is the little villages that get down and which is strike. When it is this little greener. And out. In the course of the. Land they are. They're challenging vary. It teaches the interest that I think. That is that challenge. You mentioned that this breed is a good one for small children do. Do rabbits nibble a bite. Well some of them day with their high purring you know with their thought of some green thing to be more hyper than others. And if children Miss Frayne them I drop them and don't handle them

in the proper way. I mean they are very dangerous right now Dutch saying if you get a small brain gets with a child's eye things we get learns that child. And if the child is found how to handle it properly you could manse a better pair. We have some small ones here and there were these born babies were born I was staying for about four days old. And this is Mama Rabbit here. Now what she does is far from her body by using the straw to make a nest. And she's got four little babies in the near. Term rabbits are remarkably good parents released a female as daddy's not on the same. The female rabbit will foster a babies from another mother. There were take them up to three or four days difference in age. Now they don't care what breed they are they're just a real good mother. Right.

Margie thank you for sharing your hobby and your ad is with us. Thank you for coming. We enjoyed it. And thank you for joining us on this edition of our Journal's coverage of the South Carolina state fair. Watch again tomorrow night 7:00 for. You.