why go for something that died out years ago, that is expensive and something that the 'show ring' has ruined, that isnt as fast as any other lurcher and costs twice as much in food! It is a nice prospect thinking that their might be a few decent ones around, but there isnt. Also, what you were saying about taking sikka and roe ect and you want something similar looking, go for a deerhound, or deerhound x. The answer to your main question as you may have figured by the recent posts, its not worth having the cross in a lurcher, they dont bring anything to the table. cheers