Rules | National HAI Harrier Show Championship  
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1. The order of the classes should be as follows:
  Unentered Dog, Unentered Bitch (whelped after 1st .Jan 2008);
Senior Dog, Senior Bitch, Best Couple and Retired/Veteran Hound
2. The showing of the hounds should be by lead, walking in clockwise direction around the perimeter of the ring.
3. There shall be three judges, One Non Association Judge, one Judge nominated by the IMHA and one Judge nominated by the IFHA who shall stand in the middle of the ring, observing the hounds walking.
4. In the event of a large entry, hounds may be divided into appropriate numbers to facilitate judging.
5. The Judges shall select ten of the competitors and instruct them to stand at the centre of the show ring. All other competitors will then leave the ring.
6. The remaining ten Hounds will then restart walking around the perimeter. The Judges may if they wish, stop each hound and physically examine it, checking teeth etc.
7. The Judges shall then select the prize-winners and instruct them to stand at the centre of ring. All the competitors shall then leave the ring.
8. The Judges shall then position the prize-winners in order of preference, one to six and when happy with selection invite the stewards to take the names of the hound, handlers and clubs.
9. No responsibility will be accepted for injury or death, of a Hound or damage caused by a Hound at Show.
 
     
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