Possible Clues:

• Short-legged hound used for hunting (6)Short-legged hound used for hunting
• Do graduates get so placed at short leg?
• Flop-eared one
• Are graduates so placed that their short legs can be an advantage in the end?
• It's all to the good for the dog to lose its head
• Multicolored dog
• Hunslow, by the sound of it? Must be, with those short legs
• It's all to the good for the hound to lose its head
• It's silly to wager about it for that canine
• One might wager about a silly one that's short in the le