A typical HRC hunt test will be a one-day event with the tests divided into two series of evaluations; these consist of the land series and the water series. In each series of the test the dogs are evaluated on their marking, memory, control and in the upper stakes honoring another dog. Marking is the ability of the dog to go directly to the area of fall and retrieve the bird regardless of the factors that might influence the dogs ability of travel to the area of the fall. Memory is the dogs ability to remember multiple falls regardless of the factors. Control is the dogs ability to walk to and from the line obediently. As well as taking the handler's commands on a mark that the dog has failed to mark and on the blind retrieve.