small, easy to keep, easy to train, easy to live with, easy to get working, easy to condition, catch plenty of bunnys on lamp and ferreting if you pick or have access to decent land...
too small, easy to break, easy to over run, easy to overmatch, if its a first dog it will teach you a lot but most lurcher men that get the bug will want summat bigger and more capable of more nights out per week or have option for other jobs....
i had a whippet bitch that regular took bags of high 20s bunnys regular, but more than 2 nights a week lamping and ferreting a few mornings and she just lost