Most deerhounds do have Arkinglass in there breeding, my bitch has both Kilbourne and quite a lot Arkinglass
in hers, miss noble did out cross you know though, at one point in her line, but i cant remember if the out crossed
line was left to die out or if she did use the out cross's in her breeding, she quite often from what i know of
would take her dogs corsing one day and the next stright in to the show ring, never bathed them or even brushed them over.
The decline of the pray instint isnt just recent - its possable that its been declining for the last 150 years,
when hunting with g