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Jack W. Si»k jLc-k! third iu the National 4-Jl Sheep Shearing Contest held December 5th in the Amphitheater of the Union Stock,. Yards at Chicago. In all there were 21 boys in the contest representing 18 states.
The preliminaries were held ony Tuesday and Wednesday nights. Those making the highest scores were as follows (thus establishing; their eligibility to shear in the finals.) 'f " - 1 Donald Sikkink, Minn. 93.00 2 Albert Woody. Kansas 92.60 3 Jack W.' Sisk, Virginia 92.35 4 Lloyd Woolan, Illinois 91.10 5 Ernest Shaw, W.Virginia 90.80 6 Allien Hafper Indian^ 90.70 7 Jim Van Cleve, Illinois 90.40 8 - ' Coffler, N. Dakota 90.07 ' The above is the average score mode in shearing two sheep.
The finals were held, Friday morning. After drawing for position and pen-of-tfjree sheep,; the boys lined up on a platform in from of hundreds of people seated on bleachers, in the sheep section of the amphitheater. There were; two timers (time count* 20 points) with stop watches per con-, testant Two judges of fleeces, (condition of fleece—20 points, absence of second cuts In fleece 20 points), two judges of manner of handling sheep (20 points) and .one judge/qf appearance of shomr sheep (10 points) and absence of a As cc sheep (15 points).
At rite usual;.get ready, get set, Go, all eight boys and the 16 timers got to work. It was a thrilling, nerve testing affair. Far different from shearing in a barn. ,?
While the contest was thoroughly organized and completely fair to all contestants, the officials were as strict as could be. For instance, they didn’t trust oU^tOp watchthere geere two, not one man to judge fleeces-two experts in wool marketing So strict were these judges'they took each fleece up and shook it as your wife would a rug to check for second cuts in the , fleece and to see whether it held together or wheather the sheaic. had U>m the fleece in the process ;of shearing. A certified public accountant, one of die best in Chica-, ,go. computed the scores. _ «While the accountant was doing this for die 4-H finals, the preliminaries for* the open contest of professional ihearers was held. Here one contestant sheared a sheep in less than two minutes.
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