I don't know about the lurchers, but the trials were not a good test of a sounder (baying terrier)
Terriers were given certificates at trials that we knew the same dogs were useless in the country.
For the strong dogs, Some shores were so big that a sheepdog could get up them.
They never had the complex nature or corners that a natural earth had.
At best they were a minimum test that a dog had technique.
i.e strength,silence,drive.
But the real test of strong dogs was in the pit.
This required a different type of strong dog.
I heard of a good staff that had proven himself where i