Inspection Committee

Summary of Duties ~ Whippets

	Greet each exhibitor with a smile.
	Ask if hound is for test or trial. Go to applicable list.
	Ask call name of hound. Put a check mark next to the call name.
	If male, check for 2 or no testicles. 1 testicle, excuse the hound and mark as excused on the check-in sheet and inform handler.
	If female, butt wipe. If there is any discharge, excuse the hound and mark such on the check-in sheet and inform handler.
	Check hound for the following disqualifications:
	Blue or wall eyes
	Teeth undershot or overshot one-quarter inch or more If either is found, excuse the hound and mark as excused on the check-in sheet and inform handler.
	Measure hound. See AKC Regulations for details. If hound is out of acceptable height range, excuse the hound and mark such on the check-in sheet and inform handler.
	Have handler move up and back with the hound at a trot. Watch the hound for any lameness. If any lameness is detected, excuse the hound and mark such on the check-in sheet and inform handler.
	If hound is sound, thank the handler and call up the next exhibitor. Keep the line moving.

If you have any exhibitor with questions or problems refer them to the Field Chairperson or Field Secretary.

ROLL CALL is simply having the exhibitors acknowledge that they and the hounds entered are present and accounted for. The Roll Call sheet becomes the first document the Trial Secretary uses to begin the trial Draws as absentees are immediately removed from the draw.

INSPECTION COMMITTEE consists of two or more field crew members. It is their assignment to check in (Roll Call) the hounds and to send exhibitors to see the Trial Secretary who need to clarify some data/detail. The Trial Secretary will have posted the Running Order for the day and Inspection will follow in that order. Inspection by Running Order allows the breeds running first to be checked for any impediment and provides the breeds first up with a few minutes to relax while the Secretary prepares and posts the Draw Order/Slips.

AKC Lure Coursing Regulations:

Section 4. Breed Disqualifications. Hounds with breed disqualifications, as listed in the AKC Breed Standards, are ineligible to enter lure coursing trials and tests.

Italian Greyhounds - A dog with brindle markings. A dog with tan markings normally found on black and tan dogs of other breeds.

Pharaoh Hounds - Any solid white spot on the back of the neck, shoulder or any part of the back or sides of the dog.

Rhodesian Ridgebacks - Ridgelessness

Scottish Deerhounds - White blaze on head or a white collar.

Whippets - Blue or wall eyes; Undershot; overshot one-quarter inch or more. Size: dogs 19 to 22 inches; bitches 18 to 21 inches; both to be measured across the shoulders at the highest point; more than one-half inch above or below the stated height limits. Any coat other than short, close, smooth and firm in texture.

Section 7. Inspection and Measuring Committee
1. Are members of the Field Committee.

2. The Inspection and Measuring Committee shall inspect each entry for lameness, fitness to compete, bitches in season and breed disqualifications at roll call.

3. Any entry found unfit to compete, lame, or to have a breed disqualification, or bitches in season shall be barred from competition and entry fees shall be refunded.

4. The procedure for measuring is as follows:

(a) The hound being measured shall be placed on a flat level surface that is not slippery. The handler shall position the hound at the Inspection Committee's discretion. The hound shall be in a naturally alert position, with the head up but not stretched upward, and with its feet well under it and its forelegs vertical as viewed both from the front and side.

(b) A member of the Inspection Committee shall first determine the highest point over the shoulder blades with one hand, and shall then pass the measuring wicket over the hound from the rear with the other hand, and place the wicket so the cross piece comes down directly on the highest point over the shoulder blades. The wicket should not be placed on the neck in front of the shoulder or on the spinal column behind the shoulder blades. At least two members of the Inspection Committee must agree that a hound is within or outside the height limits.

(c) Handlers will be allowed only two minutes to position their hounds in a proper standing position. Hounds that cannot be made to stand in the proper position for measurement within the allotted time will not be allowed to course, and their entry fees will be refunded.

(d) All Whippets will be measured only once and at the time of roll call at each and every Field Trial, except that Whippets that have been awarded the Field Champion title shall only be measured on request at roll call. Whippet Field Champions which measure out will be barred from running, but shall retain the title.

Section 9. Field Committee
1. Field Committees may make additional regulations for the government of their events as shall be considered necessary and proper, provided such regulations- or rules do not conflict with, change or modify any Rules or Regulations of The American Kennel Club. Such additional Regulations shall be printed and distributed with the premium list and violations thereof shall be considered the same as violations of the Rules and Regulations of the AKC.

2. The decisions of the Field Committee shall be final, conclusive and binding on all parties, in all matters occurring on the day of the meet, except for matters coming within the jurisdiction of the Judge(s). Such Committee decisions must be made in accord with the general regulations and standard procedures that apply to the trial being held.

3. The decisions of the Judges in all matters relating to the course are final.

4. If it becomes necessary to replace an advertised Judge after the opening of the event and no person on the eligible Judges list is available as a replacement, the Field Committee may select a person whose name is not on the eligible Judges list provided such person is in good standing with the AKC. The Field Committee must announce and post the name of any substitute Judge before the draw for the stake at which he is to officiate.

5. If a Judge is unable to complete a judging assignment, a replacement may be substituted. The Field Committee shall notify the exhibitors of the substitution. All of the scores of the Judge who was replaced shall stand as recorded.

6. If a Judge is substituted, the owner or handler of a hound entered in that stake has the option of withdrawing the hound before the draw and receiving an entry fee refund. If, after the draw, a Judge must be substituted, no refunds shall be made.

7. In the event that an unadvertised Lure Operator must be used, the Field Committee must select a substitute Lure Operator and must announce the name of that substitute before the draw for the stake at which he is to operate the lure. If an unadvertised Lure Operator is used, the owner or handler of a hound entered in that stake has the option of withdrawing his hound before the draw and receiving an entry fee refund. If, subsequent to the draw, a Lure Operator must be substituted, no refunds shall be made. The advertised Lure Operator shall make every effort to complete his assignment.

8. The Field Committee shall handle all official protests on the day of the event as specified in Chapter XIV.

9. At no time may the Field Committee overrule, change or reverse a judging decision except in the case of eligibility as determined after a protest is filed, without the express consent in writing of the Judge involved.