As you are already aware, there are no rules in hashing – or is that true?

 

It is generally assumed that hashers are responsible for their own actions but their actions are also based on their trust in the hare.  The hare will expect them to follow wherever the flour is laid so if there is some extra running to Backchecks, or possibly a degree of danger, the hounds will naturally expect the hare to have assessed the level of difficulty and planned for it.     

 

It is very easy to lose the trust of the pack!!!

 

Hashing is not a competition to find the flour.   The object is to find the correct trail with the flour on it.   It may sound the same but there is a difference.   On a wide track, always lay the flour on the same side so that the pack  know where to look.  Failure to  see flour will make them believe that they’ve lost the trail.    Checkers returning from the correct trail is failure,  remembering  that placing the ‘On’ flour 80 or 90 metres away on a fine summer’s evening is OK  but 60 metres to the ‘On’ is a long way through a dark wood in winter.    One of the signs of a lack of trust is a large percentage of the pack hanging around at every junction and few wanting to check.

 

On lanes or roads, always lay the flour on the right-hand side so that hashers face the oncoming traffic.   An unacceptable number of walkers and runners are hit from behind by traffic because they are on the wrong side of the road.

 

Hares can lay a hash in many ways and there is still only Rule 1: There are no rules.     And of course, Rule 2:  Refer to rule 1.

 

But remember, a pack with lost confidence may not act quite the way you’d planned it.