ARHA Progressive Pack Rules, Policies, and Procedures

All rules, policies and procedures listed in this document have been established by the ARHA Progressive Pack Board of Directors and are in effect as of January 1, 2003 and remain in effect until December 31, 2008. These rules, as amended, will be in effect for six years. The primary purpose of Progressive Pack Field Trials is to keep the beagle useful as a rabbit-hunting hound.

NOTE: Gender. The personal pronoun "he" and the possessive pronoun "his" when used in these rules are not intended to indicate a male person or a male hound. They are used for the sake of brevity and may refer to a male or female. The word "chairman" may refer to a male or a female.

 ARHA CHARTERED CLUB RULES:

1.     Chartered clubs are to hold their elections by December of each year. Form A is to be sent to the ARHA office by January 1, listing the type(s) of competition the club will hold, names of all officers, and addresses and phone numbers of these officers.

2.     Each chartered club must have a liability insurance policy and a copy of this policy must be sent to the ARHA Office by January 1 of each year. New clubs, chartered after January 1, must have 1,2, and 3 before they hold their first licensed hunt.

3.     The annual charter fee is $50.00 and must be sent to the ARHA Office by January 1. The check is to be made out to the Progressive Pack Special Fund. (If the club also runs Little Pack competition the check should be made out for $12.50.)

4.     If a club fails to comply with 1,2, or 3 the ARHA President will cancel the clubs' hunts and /or cancel their charters.

5.     With the exception of the US Championships, all hunts must be scheduled on a Saturday, Sunday, or a Federal holiday. No hunt shall be scheduled on Christmas Day or Easter Sunday.

6.     Each member club must hold at least 1 Progressive Pack Licensed hunt in a calendar year.

7.     A club may not hold more than 8 Progressive Pack Licensed hunts in a calendar year. This includes State and Big 6 hunts.

I.              Executive Board:

A.          Duties of the Executive Board:

1.     The Board shall work as an administrative board to carry out rules, policies and procedures that have been established by the Board of directors.

2.     The Board shall approve expenditures from the Progressive Pack Special Fund.

3.     The Board shall assign the host clubs for the 5 Regional Hunts, the United States Championships, and the State Hunts.

4.     In the event that an elected ARHA officer, or elected committee member, can not (does not) complete his/her term of office, this Board shall appoint a person to serve in that position until the next Board of Directors meeting at which time the position shall be filled by election.

5.     The Board shall assist all existing committees in carrying out their duties, if the chairman of the committee requests assistance.

6.     The ARHA President, with the approval of the Chairman of the Board, shall appoint ARHA Representatives for the different areas of the country to help new clubs get started and to consult with existing clubs as needed. The Secretary/Treasurer shall pay reasonable expenses for the representatives in the conduct of their duties if the ARHA President or the Chairman of the Board approves these expenses in writing.

7.     The Executive Board shall appoint the Certification Committees in each state. When it becomes necessary for a vacancy to be filled (on a Certification Committee), such as through a resignation or disciplinary action, the Chairman of the Board and the ARHA President will collaborate and make the appointment. This is also true for committees in new Progressive Pack states or new committees within existing states. These appointments will be reviewed and voted on at the next meeting of the Executive Board.

8.     Each State Certification Committee will be examined yearly and a vote taken on each by the Executive Board.

B.          Members of the Executive Board:

1.     The President of ARHA.

2.     The Chairman of the Board of Directors.

3.     The Secretary/Treasurer.

4.     All regular members of the Watchdog Committee.

5.     One At-Large member to be elected by the Board of Directors for 2-year term.

6.     All chairpersons of other committees, whether these committees are elected by the Board of Directors or appointed by the Chairman of the Board, shall be ex-officio members of the Executive Board.

C.          Meetings of the Executive Board:

1.     The Chairman of the Board shall preside at all meetings of the Executive Board. In the absence of the Chairman of the Board the ARHA President or his/her designee shall conduct the meeting.

2.     The Chairman of the Board or ARHA President shall call all meetings, but all members of the Executive Board must be notified of the meeting at least 10 days in advance.

3.     Normal decisions are made by consensus if it is evident that members present at the meeting are all in agreement; however, if it is evident that the item in question does not have 100% support, a formal vote (with motion and second) shall be held

4.     If a formal vote is taken on an item a simple majority vote wins.

5.     To conduct an official meeting, a quorum must be present. A quorum is 2/3 of the members of the Executive Board present.

6.     In the event that it is impractical to hold an Executive Board meeting, the Chairman of the Board may solicit a vote by phone calls or mail vote to members of the Board.

7.     The Secretary/Treasurer shall keep an official record of all proceedings of the Board and shall provide copies of the minutes to all board members of this board.

D.          Progressive Pack Special Fund:

1.     This fund is made up of money from the following sources; allocated money from charter fees, the $50.00 protest fees if the protest is disallowed and 50 cent for each hound entered in Progressive Pack licensed competition.

2.     The Secretary/Treasurer shall keep the accounting for this fund and shall make an itemized financial report in writing at each Board of Directors and Executive Board meeting.

3.     The Secretary/ Treasurer shall pay the reasonable expenses incurred in the normal operation of this organization. Expenses that the Secretary/Treasurer does not think are reasonable, large expenses, or expenses for special projects must be approved by the Executive Board.

 II.           Board of Directors:

A.  The Board of Directors shall be made up of the Presidents of all Progressive Pack clubs and all members of the Executive Board, whether elected or appointed, under these conditions; if an alternate (appointed representative) is to be an official voting member of the Board of Directors he/she must have a written proxy from the club President he/she is representing. This written proxy must be presented to the Chairman of the Board when there is a meeting of the Board of Directors.

B.          Duties of the Board of Directors

1.     The Board of Directors shall set all Rules, policies, and procedures for the ARHA Progressive Pack and the conduct of all Progressive Pack competition events Licensed by the ARHA.

2.     The Board of directors shall meet every 2 years unless a special meeting is called by the President of the ARHA, or the Chairman of the Board

3.     The President of the ARHA, or the Chairman of the Board must notify each member of the Board of Directors, at least 10 days in advance of the meeting.

4.     There must be 2/3-majority vote of the directors in attendance at the Board of Directors meeting to change any rule, policy, or procedure.

5.     At the bi-annual meeting of the Board of Directors, the Board shall elect a Chairman of the Board, the Watchdog Committee, and appoint other committees as it sees appropriate for the conduct of ARHA business for the upcoming calendar year.

6.     The term of office for all elected officers and elected committee members is 2 years.

7.     Changes to the ARHA Rules, Policies, and Procedures may be made only by vote of the Board of Directors.

C.          Duties of the Chairman of the Board:

1.     The Chairman of the Board serves as an ex-officio member of all ARHA committees.

2.     The responsibility of the Chairman of the Board shall be that of taking the association forward, with the specific task of creating committees, appointing chairpersons of all committees and monitoring each committee’s effectiveness.

3.     After the election of the Watchdog Committee it shall be the duty of the Chairman of the Board to appoint a chairperson to head that committee.

4.     The Chairman of the Board shall conduct all Board of Directors meetings and Executive Board meetings.

5.     The Chairman of the Board shall assist the ARHA President, the Secretary/Treasurer and the ARHA Representatives in establishing new clubs and assisting existing clubs as needed. When possible, the Chairman of the Board shall attend State Hunts and Big 6 Hunts as an ambassador of the ARHA.

6.     The Chairman of the Board shall serve as a representative on the ARHA President’s Cabinet, which is made up of representatives from Big Pack, Little Pack, Progressive Pack, Gundog Brace, Gundog Pack and Hare Hound Divisions.

7.     Concerning all committees and chairman appointed by the Chairman of the Board; the Chairman of the Board has the authority to remove from office any of his/her appointees if he/she feels they are not fulfilling their responsibilities in a responsible way. The Chairman of the Board shall give his/her reasons for removing chairman or committee members in writing to the Executive Board.

8.     The Chairman of the Board should receive an annual gift of not less than $500.00 and not more than $1000.00 in December of each year provided funds are available. The amount is to be set by the Executive Board.

 D.            Secretary/Treasurer and Duties:

1.     The Board of Directors at the bi-annual meeting shall elect the Secretary/Treasurer.

2.     The Duties shall be:

A.  Maintain the financial records for the ARHA Progressive Pack Special Fund. These records are open for audit at all times and will be audited when directed by the Chairman of the Board or the ARHA President.

B.  Receive and deposit monies from the ARHA Office (charter fees, entry fees ($1.00 per hound) and other money designated for the Progressive Pack Special Fund).

C.  Receive and deposit Protest fees sent to him/her by the Chairman of the Board.

D.  All funds collected shall be deposited into the ARHA Progressive Pack Special Fund.

E.All of the above are operating funds for Progressive Pack and shall be used as follows:

a.    Return $50.00 to persons who have their protest upheld.

b.    Reimburse authorized persons for expenses incurred in doing their duties.

c.    Pay other expenses as approved by the Executive Board.

F.Pay the expenses of the ARHA Progressive Pack Representatives that have been approved by the Chairman of the Board or the ARHA President.

G.  It is the responsibility of the Secretary/Treasurer to keep club presidents informed concerning action of the Board of Directors, the Executive Board and the Watchdog Committee.

H.  The Secretary/Treasurer shall keep an official record of all proceedings at the Board of Directors and Executive Board meetings and shall publish minutes of these meetings.

I.  The Secretary/Treasurer should be bonded to protect the ARHA Progressive Pack Special Funds. This bond shall be paid from the Progressive Pack Special Fund.

J. The Secretary/Treasurer should receive an annual gift of not less than $500 and not more than $1000 in December of each year, provided funds are available. The amount is to be set by the Executive Board.

F.            Duties and Procedures of the Watchdog Committee:

1.     Enforce the ARHA Progressive Pack rules, policies, and procedures as they pertain to protest of rule infractions at licensed hunts.

2.     If the protest of the Master of Hounds decision concerns a specific cast of hounds and involves the running rules, the protest must be made to the Watchdog Committee by a handler whose hound was involved in that cast. If the protest concerns the conduct of the hunt; such as illegal casting of the hounds, illegal assignment of judges, not holding to the entry deadline, etc, any hound owner or handler who is present at the hunt and has a hound entered in the hunt may file the protest.

3.     The Master of Hounds is the final authority at the hunt. If a formal protest of his decision is made to the Watchdog Committee it must be made in writing within 20 days of the hunt. The protest must state that this was a Progressive Pack hunt, give the date of the hunt, the name of the club hosting the hunt, the name of the Master of Hounds, the rule the protester believes was violated, and a short description of the situation that led to this formal protest. Club presidents have copies of the protest form that must be used if an official protest is made to the Watchdog Committee.

4.     Protests are to be sent to the Chairman of the Board and copies to the NKC/ARHA Home Office.

5.     The person making the protest must deposit a check or money order for $50.00 dollars when that person files the protest. The deposit shall be returned to the person who filed the protest only if the Watchdog Committee rules in his/her favor. The check or money order shall be made out to ARHA Progressive Pack Special Fund.

6.     The decisions of the Watchdog Committee are final and cannot be appealed.

7.     The Chairman of the Watchdog Committee shall inform the Chairman of the Board and the Secretary/Treasurer, the President of the club being protested all persons being protested and the person protesting a copy of the rule that was broken, and how the situation should have been handled in the form of a registered letter within 10 days of an official ruling of a protest

8.     The Master of Hounds at the licensed hunt makes the final decision concerning protest at the hunt. The Watchdog Committee only becomes involved in the event that the Master of Hound’s decision is formally protested.

9.     Penalties that may be invoked by the Watchdog Committee include:

A.  The final decision of the Watchdog Committee may affect a class, division, or the entire hunt results may be nullified.

B.  If the Watchdog Committee finds a violation of the rules, the results of that hunt may be treated as a-non-licensed hunt. Example: Club A conducts a licensed hunt and a person protests the way the casting was done, the Master of Hounds denies the protest, and that person files a protest with the Watchdog Committee. The Watchdog Committee rules in favor of the person who protested. The Watchdog Committee may rule that the licensed for the hunt has been removed and that the hounds that placed in the hunt shall not receive ARHA or Hound Of the Year points. The Watchdog Committee has the authority to take any disciplinary action it feels is appropriate.

C.  The Watchdog Committee is made up of 3 regular members and 2 alternate members. The Board of Directors at the annual meeting elects all members. All members of the Watchdog Committee must be licensed Master of Hounds before they start their term of office.

D.  If regular, or alternate member of the Watchdog Committee is found in violation of the rules, the Chairman of the Board shall release him of his/her duties and that person shall never be permitted to again serve on the Watchdog Committee.

E.When the Chairman of the Watchdog Committee receives a protest, or he/she has another matter that needs to be discussed with the other members of the committee, he/she may arrange a conference telephone call with the members. In some cases the chairman may call a meeting of the members of his/her committee. The members of the Watchdog Committee are to be compensated for reasonable telephone expense incurred in the settlement of a formal protest. Such expense is to be documented and presented to the Secretary of PP for reimbursement.

F.An alternate becomes a regular member of the Watchdog Committee if a regular member resigns as a member of the committee, or a regular member is removed from the committee for disciplinary reasons. The Chairman of the Board decides which alternate becomes a regular member under these circumstances.

G.  A member of the Watchdog Committee, while attending a licensed hunt, has the responsibility to privately inform the Master of Hounds of that hunt if he/she sees that the hunt is not being conducted according to ARHA Progressive Pack rules.

H.  The Chairman of the Watchdog Committee shall inform the Chairman of the Board and the Secretary/Treasurer whenever an official ruling is made concerning a formal protest.

I.  The Chairman of the Board and/or the ARHA President have the authority to request that the Watchdog Committee give an official interpretation of a Progressive Pack rule if there is a concern about the meaning of the rule. The Watchdog Committee has the responsibility to give this interpretation as soon as possible so that this information may be distributed to the club presidents and other ARHA officials.

J. The Progressive Pack Division shall uphold the bans by the Watchdog Committees of other ARHA divisions that is; if a person is banned from competition and participation in any other ARHA Divisions he shall have the same ban in Progressive Pack Division. If a person appeals this ruling it must be appealed to the ARHA President’s Cabinet.

K.Unsportsmanlike Conduct: The Watchdog Committee has the authority, after thorough investigation of a protest charge or claim to disqualify a hound from past or future competition; to disqualify a handler from future competition; and to disqualify an owner from future competition for unsportsmanlike conduct whether such conduct occurs before a hunt, during hunt, in preparation for a hunt, in the aftermath of a hunt relating to the ownership of a hound, the registration of a hound, the drawing or rolling of a hound during a hunt, the breeding of a hound, or any other conduct which in the opinion of the Watchdog Committee amounts to cheating, sharp practices or unsportsmanlike conduct. The disqualification of said hound, handler or owner shall be for a term not less than one year.

L. If physical contact is involved. The individual that instigates the first physical contact is automatically banned for life; additionally, a person is allowed to defend himself/herself.

F.            Rules Committee:

1.     This committee is made up of 3 members appointed by the Chairman of the Board. They serve 2-year terms.

2.     This committee shall be a standing committee that during the year collects recommendations for rule, policy, or procedure changes. This committee puts the suggested changes in proper order and presents them for discussion and vote to the Board of Directors at the bi-annual meeting.

3.     Note that the only recommendations that will be processed by the Rules Committee will be those submitted by ARHA Progressive Pack chartered clubs or Executive Board members

4.     It will be the responsibility of the Rules Committee to update (and/or re-write) the tests for field judges and Master of Hounds to reflect any changes to the rules made by the Board of Directors. These test are to be approved by the Chairman of the Board before they are distributed to Progressive Pack clubs.

5.     Note: Any decision made by a committee and/or board within the ARHA Progressive Pack structure shall be subject to review and possible revocation by the ARHA President.

G.            Hall of Fame Committee:

1.     The duties of this committee are to take nominations, make recommendations, and conduct a vote of the Board of Directors to elect the beagles to be inducted into the Progressive Pack Hall of Fame.

2.     All beagles meeting the requirements as set forth in the criteria will automatically go into the Hall of Fame without a vote of the Board of Directors. Proof of having met the requirements must be received by the Chairman of the Hall of Fame Committee to be honored at the next Hound of the Year banquet.

3.     All beaglers meeting the requirements as set forth in the criteria will automatically be nominated and placed on the ballot to be voted on by the Board of Directors.

4.     The Hall of Fame Committee shall also take nominations for beagles that do not meet the criteria, and by a unanimous vote of the Hall of Fame Committee, select 1 beagle and 1 beagler from these nominations to be put on the ballot each year. Note: only 1 beagle and/or beagler may be put on the ballot each year through this method. The Committee does not have to select a beagle and/or beagler each year.

5.     The Hall of Fame Committee shall receive nominations during the month of May. The ballots shall be mailed along with a self addressed and stamped envelope, to the club presidents during the month of June. The ballots shall be mailed back to the Hall of Fame Committee before July 31^st and will be counted in August. To be elected to the Progressive Pack Hall of Fame a beagle, or beagler, must receive a 2/3-majority vote of the ballots returned to the Hall of Fame Committee.

6.     Any beagle and/or beagler that is elected to the Progressive Pack Hall of Fame shall be inducted on January 1^st of the following year. Each beagle and/or beagler will be honored at the Hound of the Year banquet. Note: Once a beagle and/or beagler has been elected to the Progressive Pack Hall of Fame the title cannot be taken away, unless it is proven that he/she was elected illegally.

7.     Any beagle inducted into the Progressive Pack Hall of Fame as a Competition Hound must be a Progressive Pack Rabbit Champion. Any beagle inducted into the Progressive Pack Hall of Fame, as a Producer must have produced at least 1 Progressive Pack Rabbit Champion.  

All points must come from the Progressive Pack Division Only. To total points, take the point amount and multiply it by the number of years (or number of times) you have done this. If a hound is co-owned, the points are equally divided according to the number of co-owners.

III.        General Rules for the Conduct of ARHA Licensed Hunts

A.     Licensed Hunts:

1.   What constitutes a licensed hunt?

A.  The hunt must be approved and licensed by the President of the ARHA

B.  The hunt must be listed in the ARHA Hunt Schedule in The Rabbit Hunter magazine at least 1 month before the hunt is held.

C.  Hunts listed in The Rabbit Hunter magazine must list the date of the hunt, the location of the hunt, the contact person for information about the hunt, the type of hunt (LP, BP, PP, Brace or Pack), whether a Championship Class will be held, whether a Grand Championship Class will be held, whether a Bench Show will be held, and the entry deadline.

D.  All hounds entered in the hunt must be ARHA registered.

E.   The hunt must be conducted under all ARHA Progressive Pack rules, policies, and procedures.

F.   There must be a minimum of 10 Open Class hounds to conduct an Open Class ARHA hunt. There must be a minimum of 3 Rabbit Champion hounds to conduct a Rabbit Championship Hunt. There must be a minimum of 2 Grand Rabbit Champion hounds to conduct a Grand Rabbit Championship Hunt.

B.     The Big 6 Hunts are the United States Championships, the North Regional, the South Regional, the East Regional, West Regional and the Everett Morgan Classic.

1.No Progressive Pack hunt shall be scheduled the same weekend as the US Championship Hunt.

2.The dates of the Big Six Hunts are to be set by the Executive Board. If possible, 3 of these hunts are to be scheduled in the Spring and 3 are to be scheduled in the Fall or Winter.

3.The US Championship Hunt will be conducted under the Standards for Conducting the US Championships that have been developed by the Executive Board. In the future the Executive Board may develop standards for the conduct of the other Big Six hunts. If these standards are developed, the other hunts will be conducted under these standards.

C.     The use of firearms, weapons, alcoholic beverages, and illegal drugs are prohibited from all individuals participating in an ARHA licensed hunt. This includes judges, club officers, handlers, owners and spectators.

IV.         Judges

A.     All judges must be ARHA Progressive Pack certified.

An ARHA certified judge is one who has studied the rules and passed a written test with at least 85% correct, must be 16 years of age, and who has had at least 3 experiences as a judge at a fun hunt or as an assistant judge at a licensed hunt. The Master of Hounds shall have a list of all Progressive Pack certified judges. Any new judge, not as yet on that list must, show the Master of Hounds his or her judge’s card before he or she is allowed to judge. Note: The Club President, Secretary, or Master of Hounds must supervise the person taking the judge’s test. This is not an "open " book test.

B.     A Progressive Pack field judge shall not judge A. his own hound, B. any hound he has owned in the six months prior to the hunt he is judging. In reference to rule IV. B., the date of ownership of the hound is the day the hound was sold (or given) to the present owner. If there is a question, the new owner must produce a dated receipt from the previous owner, or a written and dated statement (or a copy of the transfer papers), verifying the date that the hound was sold or given to him. The new owner can compete the hound in ARHA competition even though he is waiting for the official paperwork from ARHA, C. any hound owned by his blood, step, or in-law relatives. D. any hound owned by a member in his/her household, E. or any hound he carried to a field trial and entered on be half of another person.

C.     A club must provide at least 1 judge per cast, but elect to have more than 1 judge per cast.

D.     The judge shall be responsible for making all calls in the field and recording the scoring on a scorecard or scoring booklet.

E.     The judge’s decision in the field is final; however, a handler may appeal the judge’s decision to the Master of Hounds.

F.     Before the hounds are cast in the field, the judge shall instruct the handlers and spectators and tell them what they can and cannot do during the cast. 

Rule Interpretation During the hunt, the handler cannot use a controlling device to assist his hound in hunting. This includes whistles, using his VOICE, (whistling, hissing, calling, etc) using hand signals, to direct his hound. The handler may use these methods only if the judge tells him to CALL IN his hound.

G.     The judge shall tell the handlers and spectators the exact starting time of the hunt and shall announce to them when there is a time out.

H.    In the event that a judge cannot finish a cast due to sickness or injury, the cast is called in time-out and the cast will return to place to the place of drawing to be re-assigned another judge by the Master of Hounds. The scoring that has previously been compiled and the time elapsed will remain in effect. The new judge will complete the remainder of the unfinished cast.

I.       A judge who is abusive, uses abusive language or strikes a Master of Hounds, handler, or spectator, shall face whatever penalties that are set down by the Watchdog Committee. If it is proven that a judge has not judged by the rules, he/she shall face penalties set down by the Watchdog Committee. Note: This rule applies if an official protest has been filed against the judge.

V.            Scorecard and Protest

A.     At the end of the cast the judge shall return to the cast area (where the hounds were turned loose) and total the scores in the presence of the handlers when possible. He/she will then announce the placements and offer the scorecard to the handlers for their initials or signatures.

B.     The handler may lodge a protest with the judge by not signing the scorecard.

C.     When a handler signs the scorecard he forfeits his/her right to protest, unless the score has been changed after he/she signed the scorecard. This applies only to a handler whose hound’s placement changed as a result of the score being changed.

D.     If a handler protests and does not sign the scorecard, the other handlers who agree with the judge’s decision shall sign the scorecard.

E.     If no protest is made by a handler, all handlers must sign the scorecard.

F.     All protest must be made to the Master of Hounds by the protesting handler within 15 minutes after both have returned to the clubhouse or staging area.

G.     All protest shall be settled in a private conference involving the Master of Hounds, the judge involved in the protest and the handler who is bringing the protest. The other handlers may be called in individually by the Master of Hounds as witness to explain or substantiate what happened. No spectators shall be called as witnesses. In case of a protest, if at all possible, the cast should not be re-run. However, if the Master of Hounds decides that the only fair solution is to re-run the cast, then he has that option.

H.    The Master of Hound’s decision is final, with the exception of the appeal (formal protest) to the Chairman of the Board within 20 days of the date of the hunt.

VI.         Master of Hounds

A.     Each club is to select a person to serve as Master of Hounds. This person is to be knowledgeable in ARHA rules, policies, and procedures for conducting ARHA Licensed hunts. Starting January 1, 1997, persons wishing to become Master of Hounds must take the Progressive Pack Master of Hounds test. Persons who are already Progressive Pack Master of Hounds (before January 1, 1997) do not have to take this test unless they wish to.

B.     The Master of Hounds must be licensed by the ARHA

C.     The Master of Hounds shall act as the final authority in the selection of methods of hunting, location of hunting areas, selection of cast by draw, appointment and assignment of judges, and supervision of all functions associated with the hunt; including the resolution of any protest from the handlers concerning judge’s decisions. He/she is also the final authority concerning protest involving bench shows.

D.     The Master of Hounds must announce when entries are closed and no entries shall be accepted after this announcement has been made. Note that this rule includes bench show entries.

I.              Breed Inspector

A.     Each club is to select a Breed Inspector for the hunt. This person is to be knowledgeable concerning breed standards. The Breed Inspector must be licensed by the ARHA.

B.     The host club has the option of whether or not to measure the hounds before the hunt; however, any handler may challenge the size of the hound in his or her cast, and such hound must be measured before advancing any future in the hunt. All hounds must be present at the staging area before they are taken to the field. Any challenge to the hound’s size must be done at the staging area. (Note: This challenge may take place at the beginning of any series before the hounds go out in the field.) If a hound is measured earlier during the day of the hunt it does not have to be measured the second time that day.

C.     The Breed Inspector makes the final decision as to whether the challenged hound shall be allowed to hunt.

D.     The Breed Inspector has the right to measure any hound entered in the hunt or show. Any hound over 15 inches tall at the withers is disqualified.

E.     The Breed Inspector must have a