if your dog is fit
not a staff even if if fit, been round staffs +pits back to 60s, you might get the odd daft rabbit with a staff, but some pits are very racey and not to heavy+agile, more chance with one of them
ray what breed of staff and pit did you see back in the sixtees?,i can honestly say the dog at lees house the father to my lurcher a pure staff has caught rabbit in the lamp and not just one,ask the breeder to him you know who he is.the type of staff were on is more akin to a pit not the short stiff show type but a staff non the less of wich i would class as close to the bes