REPORTS OF COMMITTEES, 



AT THE ANNUAL FAIR OF THE 



NEW.YORK STATE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY, 



Held at Albany^ Sept. 27, 28, and 29, 1842. 



REPORT ON CLASSES I. II. III. AND IV.— BULLS. 



[^Committee: — Messrs. Adam Ferguson of Watertown, U. C; Paoli La- 

 THROPof South Hadley, Mass.; Hknry Whitney of New-Haven, Ct.,and 

 J. 0. Choules, of New-York.] 



The committee appointed to judge on Classes I, II, III, and IV, 

 beg leave to report that they have unanimously awarded the Premi- 

 ums as follows: 



" Class I. — 1st, to Mr. Prentice's Nero. 



2d, to Mr. Johnston's Royal William. 



3d, to Mr. Bement's Astoria. 



4th, to D. D. Campbell's Durham bull. 

 Class II. — 1st, to Mr. Prentice's Fairfax.* 



2d, to Mr. Clark's Major. 



3d, to Mr. Vail's Duke of Wellington.! 



4th, to Mr. Sampson's No. 5. 

 Class III. — 1st, to Mr. Van Rensselaer's Rockingham. 



2d, to Mr. Delavan's Leopard. 



3d, to Mr. Van Rensselaer's White Prince. 



4th, to Mr. Vail's Meteor. 

 Class IV.— 1st, to Mr. Prentice's Cato. 



2d, to Mr. Sweet's. 



3d, to Mr. Vail's. 



4th, to Mr. Sherwood's Damon. 



The committee cannot close their report, without remarking upon 



* a portrait of "Fairfax," forms the frontispiece of this volume. "Fairfax," a pure white, 

 bred and owned by E. P. Prentice, Esq. Mount Hope, near Albany, was calved May 10, 1840. He 

 was sired in England by Sir Thomas Fairfax— d. Splendor, by Symmetry, 2723— g. d. by Young 

 Bedford, 1701— g. g. d. by Isaac, 1129— g. g. g. d. by Whiteworih, 1584— g. g. g. g. d. by White 

 Comet, [sire of £1000.] 1582— g. g. g. g. g. d. by a son of Charge's Kit, 2179. 



t For the portrait and pedigree of " Duke of Wellington," see opposite page. 



