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This is the great disadvantage of the English decision on the standard of the Salukis at
Crufts of 1923: all types of Salukis, regardless of where they came from and whether they
are smooth or feathered, are Salukis. The English still think so today, as Burchard also
remarks at one point.

However, if one looks at the types from the Arabian Peninsula alongside the "Shamis", the
Salukis from Syria, such as the Luman and the Amherstia Salukis, one must realise that
these are two different types of sighthound. Mixing both types and others together in one
standard will inevitably lead to a new set of types that have nothing to do with the types
of the countries of origin.

Zardin, Afghan hound, undated, ca.1910 Russell copyright, who served as a
"model" for the standard bred Afghan hound, the exception becomes the
rule in the FCI, he did not even come from Afghanistan, but from Chagai in
Mekram (Persia) - several hundred miles away from Afghanistan.

Quaritsch also recognises this artificial situation of breeding according to a standard
when he refers to the situation with Afghan hounds. In the case of Afghan hounds, only
one type, which is in the distinct minority in the country, is elevated to the standard in
breeding here in the Western World. The long-haired "mountain Afghan", for example

Zardin, becomes the standard, but those that tend towards the Saluki, such as so called
Bell-Murray Afghans, are neglected.

Jutta Rübesam explains in connection with the Sloughis at this point: "Smooth Afghan
Hounds used to be wrongly labelled as Sloughis, but are very rarely born into normal Afghan

litters, and they have long-haired siblings and are therefore not Sloughis."