I think most people use plotts to cross on curs because they're more readily available.
Might take some sure enough looking around, but if I were starting over and had nothing to work with I would cross the nicest straight (yellow of course) cur female to the nicest straight running hound (Trigg, July, Goodman, Etc) and go from there.
Every supposed straight line of cur dog I've ever hunted behind and been impressed by could be traced back to having some foxhound blood somewhere in the ped.
Running hounds have a tighter mouth, run to catch (typically more grit), have a tendancy to grade wind and hunt by both wind and track instead of solely driving a track, hunt faster and you don't have treeing instincts to have to try and breed back out. I also believe as a whole, running hounds haven't been quite as poluted over the years as many other breeds. I could go on and on, but just my opinion mainly.
Aren't running hounds breed for just that speed and less nose?
