Before the whole world says it, the best dog for the job depends on the job!
And the world divides into those who believe that a lurcher without a trace of saluki is like a pie without a pint, and those who wouldn't trust anything with feathers behind the ears. The pro-saluki lobby point out that anything bred to course gazelle for dozens of miles over the desert has got to bring staying power in huge measure, while the anti-saluki crew point out that anythign with Arab blood is unreliable, theuir recall is shot to pieces, hunting-up isn't so mcuh a failing as a mark of the breed, and so