And then there was that style of cur dog that incorporated the two styles you mentioned into one, and were used to actually hunt, catch, drive, and pen truly wild cattle in very rough country. Had to be able to either wind or track cattle in rough woods. Stop and anchor singles or be able to bunch and keep together as a set, cattle that were found. Be able to keep that same "growing" set bunched in those same rough woods, while giving them "room" up front to lead out or being called off to drive. Being able to be sent again and again to hold them up and circle them back into a bunch when they got spread out or to stay up front and lead, depending on how the set was acting. Being able to do this mile after mile, through thick scrub, for days at a time, on to distant holding pens. Dogs with a fine balance of rankness and finesse and the intelligence to know when to apply either. No "alligators". Just dogs that were in "total" control of the stock they were used on. Although I myself have actually hunted very few cattle, many of my Kin did it for a living generations ago using cur dogs of this very type.
