Its not just the height..its the weight also, on average, across the board, Doxhope frist crossers were smaller and lighter framed than other similar crosses.
But dont forget, the Doxhope line was primarily a bitch line, with both the first crossers and pure breds, some lines are like this, purposely bred that way, for example with the Roslyn line of deerhounds from Northern Ireland, where the Doxhope quality in bitches originated from..Brian Doaks Roslyn kennels in the 90`s oozed quality, in his bitches, Brian never coursed himself, but many Roslyn stock were noted for their coursing abili