question: Which breed of dog, Treeing Cur or Small Greek Domestic Dog, originated in the mid-west and was first recognized by United Kennel Club on November 1, 1998?
answer: The Treeing Cur
context: Title: Mountain Cur
  Passage: The Mountain Cur is a type of working dog that is bred specifically for treeing and trailing small game, like squirrel and raccoons.  They are also used for hunting and baying big game like bear and wild boar as well as being an all-purpose farm dog.  Curs are a member of the Hound group, and the Mountain Cur is one of several varieties of cur.  It can also be used as a water dog.  Mainly bred in Ohio, Kentucky, Virginia, and Tennessee, it has been registered with the United Kennel Club since 1998.  The Mountain Cur Breeder's Association was formed in 1957.
  Title: American Russell Terrier Club
  Passage: The American Russell Terrier Club (formerly named the English Jack Russell Terrier Club), founded by JoAnn Stoll in 1995, was the first registry in the United States to maintain the Russell Terrier as a separate breed from the Parson Russell Terrier.  The American Jack Russell Terrier Club is affiliated with both the United Kennel Club and the American Kennel Club.  The purpose of the early founders was to establish a registry for the perpetuation and development of the Russell Terrier as a pure strain of working Jack Russell Terrier keeping their blood and type pure within the registry to works towards Kennel Club recognition as an official breed in the US.  On January 1, 2001, the United Kennel Club recognized the Russell Terrier as an official breed, designating only the stock from the American Russell Terrier Club as Foundation stock for the UKC Russell Terrier.  In 2004 the American Russell Terrier Club submitted an official request to include the American Russell Terrier Club stock into the AKC FSS Program to work towards becoming an official breed under the perimeters.  On December 8, 2004, the AKC officially accepted the Russell Terrier.
  Title: Treeing Cur
  Passage: The Treeing Cur is a breed of dog that originated in the mid-west and was first recognized by United Kennel Club on November 1, 1998, due to the efforts of Alex and Ray Kovac.  "Most Cur breeders were not well off and so they required a dog that could serve multiple purposes: hunter, guardian, and stock dog.  The result was the Treeing Cur, "which is the most varied in size and colors of the Cur breeds", according to United Kennel Club.They are primarily used to tree squirrels, raccoons, opossums, wild boars, bears, mountain lions and bobcats as well as to hunt big game.
  Title: Small Greek Domestic Dog
  Passage: Kokoni (Greek: Κοκόνι ) is the name used for the Greek small domestic dog breed.  They are widely found in Greece, have traditionally been more common in urban areas and were a popular companion of Greeks for centuries.
  Title: Carolina Dog
  Passage: The Carolina Dog is an ancient breed of medium sized wild dog that lives mostly in the Southeastern United States.  They make good domestic pets with proper socialization and have been recently classified as a recognized Pariah and Spitz type domestic dog breed as well.  Although re-domestication of Carolina Dogs as a pet has recently become popular and the breed has been formally recognized, it is classed by the United Kennel Club in the Pariah Dog group.
  Title: Smaland Hound
  Passage: The Smaland Hound ("Swedish": Smålandsstövare) is a breed of dog that originated in Sweden in the 16th century.  Thought to be the oldest scent hound breed native to Sweden, it was first recognized by the Swedish Kennel Club in 1921.  They are the smallest of the Swedish hound breeds, and have black and tan markings similar to the Rottweiler.  Internationally, it is recognized by a number of kennel clubs and registries including the Fédération Cynologique Internationale and United Kennel Club.  It is considered rare, even in its native Sweden where only around sixty puppies are registered each year.
  Title: Bulldog
  Passage: The Bulldog is a medium-sized breed of dog commonly referred to as the English Bulldog or British Bulldog.  Other scent-hound breeds include the Small Greek Domestic Dog, Irish Wolfhound, Bluetick Coonhound, Finnish Lapphund, and the Basset Hound.  The Bulldog is a muscular, hefty dog with a wrinkled face and a distinctive pushed-in nose.  The American Kennel Club (AKC), The Kennel Club (UK), and the United Kennel Club (UKC) oversee breeding records.  Bulldogs were the fourth most popular purebreed in the US in 2007 according to the American Kennel Club.
  Title: Stephens Cur
  Passage: The Stephens Cur (a.k.a. Stephens' Stock Cur), is a scent hound that belongs to the Cur dog breed.  They were originally bred by the Stephens family in southeastern Kentucky.  The dogs known as "Little black dog" were bred by generations of that family for over a century.  In 1970, they were recognized as separate and distinct breed of Cur.  The dog is mostly black with white markings, but more than a third white is not permissible.  It is good for hunting raccoon and squirrel, but can also be used to bay wild boar.  They are registered with the United Kennel Club
citations: Small Greek Domestic Dog Treeing Cur