I owned a Hancock when I was a spotty teenager, my first ever lurcher. The dogs were kept rough but their dens were clean. He ended up a decent dog, better on hare and the odd bambi than anything else. Forget fox, he was an arse grabber but I forgave him for not having the bottle. At 27' tall he was decent on rabbits, nothing special.
I like a dog that can hunt up just as well as go on the slip, he had a good nose on him. The dog was jealous as hell in the company of other lurchers but I never saw any as fast as him side by side.
He was a 3/4 cross and could on occasions be brain d