I should think twice about calling folk thick matey, as for folk calling whippets, for the work i do and the land i work them on they suit me just fine and when lads have been down with there lurchers they haven't caught anymore than my whippets either lamping or ferreting/mooching in fact on a few occasions Vixen has run better.
I'm not just a weekend hunter either, my dogs probably see more rabbits in a week than some do in a month.
Infact in the huntinglife lamping competition 2010 The heat i ran against longdog runner we caught the most between us in all the heats.
Its a FACT