i have one and he hunts foxes ahright but he needs another good dog with him to help.i lost my best dog last year ,he was a pointer /whippet/bullx springer.i used to get a rake of foxes in the cover with them because they hunted as a team. the springer on his own is ahright but the other dog i had was way better,he was finding everything and the springer was only joining in,but hes still not bad but wouldnt touch my old dog. i reckon if you cross springers with terriers you get better dogs for foxes.
The springers i have now are finding foxes much faster than the beagles,i know what you me