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Rule 25.— No hound shall be eligible to com- 

 pete in trials that has been hunted upon the 

 grounds where the trials are to be held within 

 six months preceding the date of the trials. 



Rule 26.— The entries in a stake shall be 

 numbered and divided into packs, in the discre- 

 tion of the directors; said division shall be 

 made by drawing lots under supervision of the 

 judges. When possible, a kennel or owner 

 should not have more than one hound in each 

 pack. After the first round the judges will 

 order such hounds as they elect to run in the 

 following rounds. In the general average the 

 judges shall make their decision upon the uni- 

 form principle that the hound showing the most 

 aptitude and ability to find, trail and catch a 

 fox is the winner. The principle is to be car- 

 ried out by estimating the work done upon the 

 following scale of points: 



1 — Speed and Driving 5° 



2 — Speed and Driving 35 



3 — Speed and Driving 15 



I— Hunting and Trailing 5° 



