Elimination Style UKC Hunting Beagle Events (All plus point cast winners advance)
Effective January 1, 2002

Elimination Style UKC Hunting Beagle Events are conducted exactly the same way as a UKC Hunting Beagle event in regards to entries, deadlines, running rules, policies, championship points, degrees etc. The ONLY differences in the two formats are outlined in this section.

Rules for Elimination Style UKC Hunting Beagle Events

Categories

All dogs in Elimination Style Hunting Beagle Events will run within their category only. This means that Registered dogs will only compete against other Registered dogs, Hunting Beagle Champions against other Hunting Beagle Champions and Grand Hunting beagle Champions against Grand Hunting Beagle Champions.

Advancing Dogs

All plus point cast winners will advance from the first round to subsequent rounds. Casts not scoring a total of plus points in the first round will not have a dog advance to subsequent rounds and none of the dogs participating in that cast will be considered for championship points. This is to include all Registered, Hunting Beagle Champions and Grand Hunting Beagle Champions. Also see Winners section for the Registered Winners Pack placement.

Hunt Time
Registered

The host club will be given the option of 60, 90 or 120-minute casts for the first round of an Elimination style hunt. However, it is mandatory that the first round of Registered casts at an Elimination style hunt, where the Registered entry is 16 dogs or less, be 120 minutes.

When the Registered entry exceeds 16 dogs, the first round hunting time will be left to the discretion of the host club. The club will have to take into consideration the distance to running grounds, amount of daylight hours and availability of guides for subsequent rounds when setting first round hunt time for an entry larger than 16 dogs. The host club should always attempt to utilize the longest hunting time possible to give all dogs a fair chance to compete for a cast win. After entries are closed and before the casts are announced, the host club must announce and post in plain view to all participants the hunting time for each round.

Hunting Beagle Champions and Grands

The host club will be given the option of 60, 90 or 120-minute casts for the first round of an Elimination style hunt. However, it is mandatory that the first round of Hunting Beagle Champion and Grand Hunting Beagle casts at an Elimination style hunt where the HBCH or GRHBCH entry is 4 dogs or less, be 120 minutes.

Subsequent Rounds

Subsequent round hunting time, including Registered, Hunting Beagle Champions and Grand Hunting Beagle Champions are to be left to the discretion of the host club. Subsequent rounds may be 60, 90 or 120 minutes in length. It is not mandatory that each category hunt the same amount of time on each subsequent round. All hunting time for each category must be posted in plain view after the entry deadline.

Elimination Format – Rules For Placing Dogs In All Divisions

Only plus point cast winners from the first round are eligible for placement in any division. No placements may be awarded until the final cast has been assembled. Hounds in the final cast will be placed according to highest total score in the final cast even if the points are minus. If a tie results because of hounds scratching in the semi final cast, revert to previous round’s score to determine placement. Any dogs scratched from a cast will receive the lowest position available in that cast.

Those hounds eliminated in the semi-final round (the cast immediately prior to the final cast) will be considered for placement provided that they were also plus point cast winners from an earlier round. Second-incast hounds from the semi-final round will be placed next; in succession according to their score in that round. After second-in-cast hounds are considered for placement, third-in-cast hounds will be placed in succession according to their score in that round. (same for fourth-in-cast hounds) In the event that there are not enough hounds in the semi-final round to fill available placements, the same procedure may be used to revert back to a preliminary round provided that all dogs placed were plus point cast winners in an earlier round.

No more than 10 Registered hounds, 3 Hunting Beagle Champions (requires an entry of 41 or more), and 1 Grand Hunting Beagle Champion will be placed.

Winners Packs and All Subsequent Rounds

a. All dogs advancing to a Winners Pack or any subsequent rounds must be present when cast is assembled or be scratched.

b. Hunting time for each round must be posted in plain view of all hunters at time entries close. The Registered Winners Pack will be judged by either one or two non-hunting Judges. Hunting Beagle Champion and Grand Hunting Beagle Champion Winners Packs will hunt with a Hunting Judge.

c. Winners Packs may run in an enclosure. For a pack to be considered a “Winners Pack” dogs must advance to that pack from a previous round.

Confirming Elimination Style Events

Elimination format must be indicated at the time of event confirmation. The Upcoming Events list will differentiate between standard format and Elimination format Hunting Beagle Events.

Cash Award Option Events

The Cash Award Option may be used in conjunction with the Elimination Format. The procedure for determining cash awards is the same as that of standard Hunting Beagle Format Events. All first round plus point cast winners will receive the amount of their entry fee back. Additionally, the top four (if there are at least four plus point cast winners from the first round) Registered dogs will receive prize amounts as indicated in the Cash Award Option Rules found elsewhere in the Official UKC Hunting Beagle Rulebook. In the Hunting Beagle Champion and Grand Hunting Beagle Champion portion of the event, all first round plus point cast winners will receive the amount of their entry fee back. Only the first place dog in these divisions will receive prize money in accordance with the Cash Award Option Rules. For an event to be listed as a Cash Award Option Event, it must be confirmed as such and listed in the Upcoming Events List as a Cash Award Option Event.