Plenty of game dogs fought a "cur style" but that doesn't make them a cur. Plenty of curs never made a bad sign before they stopped either.

Bobby Smith and I were going to match a little gambler's delight once, but we parted ways before it happened. He was a B grade ability dog that we had proved deeply game, but he screamed from the words "release your dogs". He was really screaming for the fight, not because of it. To the unknowing spectator it didn't sound good! The plan was for Smith to come in on my side and then start betting against me on the scratches. The show would be in front of a lot of people so we could spur others into the same bet and clean house whether we won or lost.