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Lima Rabbit Breeders Association

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The History of the Lima RBA
The following is a copy of an article found in "American Small Stock Farmer", March 1966 issue written by Vern N. GOLDEN ANNIVERSARY OF THE LIMA RABBIT & CAVY BREEDERS ASS'N, INC. By: Vern N. Ashton
In 1916 Mr. John C. Fehr of Indianapolis, Indiana was asked if he would come to Lima, Ohio and organize a Rabbit Club. He answered and told us if we could get 45 head of rab

bits for him to register he would be very glad to come. We contacted every rabbit breeder in this area and we had 45 head of rabbits. The breeds were Rufus Red Belgian Hares, New Zealand Reds, Chinchilla and Flemish Giants. Most breeders raised Flemish Giants in this area. Gray and Steel Gray being the most popular. Mr. Fehr registered 42 of the 45 and then we had the meeting to organize. Fehr gave us some very good advice on raising rabbits, disqualifications and etc. He then organized the Lima Rabbit & Cavy Breeders Association. We elected President, Vice President, Secretary, Treasurer and five Directors, with 17 members. Fehr then gave us a demonstration on how one judges rabbits,it was very interesting, we were all eyes and ears. We held our first rabbit shows with the Poultry Association. I won two firsts on a Steel Buck and Doe. In 1917 had my own coop made so I could show. I still have the ribbons. In 1921 the breeders thought we should have our own register, they asked me to take the job. I told them that I did not want it as I wanted to keep my friends. I said that if I did take the job I would be very particular and would no doubt lose some. The officers signed up for me to become a registrar, paid for my license and presented it to me. You know I did lose some friends but not for long. I drove 50 miles one time to register 22 Chinchillas. I did not register one. That breeder was so mad, I said what are you mad about, I drove 50 miles and got nothing for it. I always thought that registration was very important, you keep your breeders registered and you will get better prices for your breeders and young from these breeders. In 1925 the Club bought my first Judges License. This had a lot to do with me raising and judging rabbits all these years. We have always had a very good association and in 1924 we put on the National Convention Show. E. A. Enslen was Secretary and I was Supt. The National Association at that time was known as the National Breeders & Fanciers Association. At this Convention the name was changed to American Rabbit & Cavy Breeders Association. Ellis Delancey, President; Mr. J. S. Bales, Vice President; Mr. Weygandt, Secretary; Miss N. M. Flaherty, Treasurer and the Board consisted of the Officers and H. B. Swalley and Mr. Fehr. Some of the old timers will remember this Convention very well and also the Norval Hotel, boy what a time. Some of you breeders may be interested in the breeds that were entered in this Convention. We had 901 head entered including 72 Cavies with 183 exhibitors. Number
Shown Breed
19 American Blue & White
23 Black & Tans
61 Refus Red Belgian Hares
17 Champagne D'Argents
45 Checkered Giants
17 Giant Chinchillas
55 Standard Chinchillas
54 Dutch
21 English
60 Lt. Gray Flemish
60 Steel Flemish
34 Sandy Flemish
33 Black Flemish
25 Blue Flemish
22 White Flemish
30 Havanas
18 Himalayans
2 Polish
1 Black Siberian
30 Silvers
120 New Zealand Reds
10 New Zealand Whites
Well things have changed in 50 years very few Lt. Gray, Steel, Gray and Blue Flemish Giants are shown any more. I remember very well when the Standard Chinchillas had very large classes and in 1917 and 18 was the Belgian Hair boom and the classes were very large and very good prices were paid for breeders. We have held 41 rabbit shows since 1924 convention and our Club has always had good meetings with very little trouble, 52 members being the largest membership, we now have 16 members. I am the only charter member in the Club and the only member in Lima that raises rabbits in the city. Most of you know the reason, restrictions. Rabbits make a very good 4-H project and very good hobby for the retired. This article has taken me back several years and I hope you have enjoyed reading it.

09/24/2024

Help support another local club and who puts on an amazing show and has good food to eat!!

09/16/2024

Thank you for attending our show today!

We just happened to have the outgoing ARBA District 8 Director and the new ARBA District Director on his first day in office.

Now to recover for a few days before paperwork starts.

Photos from Lima Rabbit Breeders Association's post

09/01/2024

Lima RBA supporting the Allen County Fair. ;)

05/01/2022

See you Saturday!

04/23/2022

Join us on June 11 & 12, 2022. Pre-Entry Show using Easy2Show.com

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Also, visit www.limarba.com to view the PDF file of this flyer for easier reading. 🙂

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The Lima Youth Orchestra is back on stage after 2 years off due to the pandemic

04/01/2022

This was back from March 23rd featuring Lima Youth Eli Okuley.

The Lima Youth Orchestra is back on stage after 2 years off due to the pandemic

02/03/2022

Lima RBA will be hosting the annual rabbit/cavy and equipment auction.

Details to come as they are finalized.

10/31/2021

The Lima RBA is proud of the accomplishments of our members at the 98th ARBA Convention in Louisville, Kentucky. Congratulations!

10/18/2021

All-Breed Exhibitor Show Reports from our Fall Show on September 19, 2021 have been sent.

Make sure to check your e-mail address in which your Easy2Show account is linked. Check your spam folders.

If you did not receive your show report. Please E-MAIL us at [email protected]. (No Facebook or Comment notices... we do not always receive notifications.)

Thank you for exhibiting with us!

See you on June 12, 2022 and September 11, 2022!

10/09/2021

The Lima RBA is saddened to announce the passing of a good friend and life member, Judy Kiracofe. Judy and Jerry both contributed so much to our club and rabbit hobby in general over the years. They’ll be truly missed.

10/06/2021

No meeting tonight. It's been moved to next Wednesday. :)

09/20/2021

Thank you to our crew for their hard work!

This project of the show starts on Friday and ends on Monday. Our equipment is unloaded from the trailer and loaded into a Uhaul in Lima. Then its transported to Wapakonta and unloaded again to setup the room. At the end, its loaded up again the Uhaul and then put back into the trailer on Monday.

LOTS of work and sore muscles.

Thank you to all our club members and helpers!!! There were many that stepped in and are not in these photos!

An extra shout out to Luke Vickrey, Fayth Young, Fayth's mother for helping with check-in, and Victoria Spellmire helping with the end of show help with our treasurer. We had a few helping our cull buyer loading her truck. Sorry and thank you!

Simply thank you all around!!!!

09/20/2021

Thank you to our staff, judges and most importantly to our exhibitors.

What's your idea of a perfect rabbit show? One where exhibitors are posting photos on social media. Please share your photos with us!

Typically, show staffs only see the hicups. So let us see your photos!!! :)

09/17/2021

Reminder... just under an hour to go. If you have issues, send an email by 6 pm and I'll get honor and get back with you, later. :)

We just sent out all check in sheets... so if you didnt get one, check the email on your account or send us an email.

[email protected]

Have a great evening!

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09/17/2021

WE HAVE EXTENDED OUR ENTRY DEADLINE IN FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 17 AT 6 PM.

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We have had a few exhibitors that have had problems with check out. If you did not get a confirmation e-mail, login to your easy2show.com account. If you have numbers showing in your shopping cart, we do not have your entry. You must click 'accept' in your cart and then the green finalize button. 🙂
Thank you!

09/16/2021

When you submit your entry, you will have an e-mail sent to you also automatically from Easy2Show.com

If you do not get the e-mail (it sends to the one on your account), sent us a message at [email protected] and we will check that we received your entry. 🙂

Amanda
Show Secretary

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