Bring back the pack

WE ALL TAKE PACKS of foxhounds for granted, but packs of spaniels are another matter entirely. Yet the concept of using a pack of spaniels as a beating team is an old one and it was quite widespread, if not common, during the 19th century. Despite delving into my library, I can find little about the Victorian spaniel packs, except the fact that most featured Clumbers, though there were some with Sussex spaniels.

Sussex spaniels were originally bred as beating dogs, though there are few records of estates