On that argument they are all Rock doves modified through selection breeding to produce the many variants we have today. Similar to the wolve and all our dogs.
Try this
If say you have a whippet that is produced to show standard which changes over the years, and I have one that is for racing nothing like the show standard but runs like sh** and wins all the races, then my mate has one for working whippet that is the best worker this side of the Channel
Show whippet... cannae run worth a fu## and will never be asked to but looks great after the cosmetics have been done
Race whippet... kept lean and in top condition never seen a brush in its life could be the ugliet whippet man created but beats everything in the ring
Working whippet...kept in a kennel with its winter coat, fed when it catches something, looks as rough as a badgers butt. But nae rats, nae cats or anything else worth eating in your line of work left alive
At the end of the day they are all whippets, I bet just though selective breeding you could any of these out of a few pair of whippets in not that many generations to a fair standard of the above types,,,,,THE SAME AS THE WESTYS YOU ARE ARGUING ABOUT :) :)
The argument being is it a show whippet, a racer whippet a workong whippet or just a whippet at the end of the day :-/ :-/ :-/ :-/ :-/
A different argument is it a pigeon, dog, cat, horse, ;D ;D ;D