Paul,
Would you hold the same set of standards to a hound with regards to the track speed?
Or do you apply the standards comparing apples to apples, cur to cur, hound to hound?
I don't run any straight hounds but I run a lot of half bloods (Plott x Catahoula). Yes I hold them to the same standard, why should it ever be OK for a hound to have slow track speed? Thats an honest question. That hound or 1/2 hound should be able to pick that head up and run like hell on a track. Track speed is close to the top of my list.