European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 06, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The harriers take a hash halt after the chairlift ride to Admire Capri s spectacular scenery. British Navy it. Cmdr. Colin Cook left and . Navy master chief Petty officer Howie Anesgart run through the tourist District of an Capri. Show up Quot Frear said. Every Story about the harriers origin is different Frear said but they All have to do with a group of British colonials in Kuala Bumpur Malaysia during the late 1930s. A Quot a group of them would get together to run to dear then a a Heads when they had hangovers. A new government took Over and demanded that the runners Register As an organization. They told the officials that they were just a Bunch of Guys who go running and gather at a hash House a cheap restaurant Quot Frear said. Once the hash House harriers began the idea spread especially to other expatriate communities Frear said / today there Are about 500 harrier chapters in at least syk countries. The ones in Europe Are mainly in areas where there Are a lot of britons including nato Headquarters near Brussels at Allied forces Central Europe in the Netherlands in Rhei Dahlen and Herford in Germany and near British embassies. However americans Are members of several chapters and several clubs have sprung up in the United states. Tin Naples group began in 1988 when its founding members held a has i in nearby Lago putrid Allen said. Allen Frear and a score of other harriers explained the club s activities to a visitor As they Rode a hydrofoil from Naples to the Island of Capri. On Capri the group caught a bus up a Cliffside Road to a Piazza in the town of an Capri. From there they walked Down a series of narrow paths and Steps. They groaned As they made the descent. They knew that they would shortly be running up the path they were walking Down. They arrived at a Small hotel where the hares of the dus Flash jaws and persil greeted them. J the hares had arrived the night before. They teased the rest of the group that they had set out a course that would take Llu it runners still farther up the peaks of Capri. Quot there Are a lot of tourists on the Island today Quot said Flash army it. Col. Cordon Thibodeau chief of the special pro Jot to Branch at a South Quot if you notice any of them staring at you pretend you re Gorman or French. Oik e everyone was ready to run the harriers had to remain on the hotel s Pat if to give the hares a 1 minute Lead. Laws air Forte capt. St icy Watkins a staff officer at Allied air fort e Southern Europe marked the course and some false trails a by throwing Ilour on the path every Lew Yards As she run. The harriers generally Mark their trails  Toloui or some other bit i degradable material so  they it it no permanent harm to the area they run Over. Persil army it. Col. Mike Adams an afsou111 stunt Ottini or prepared to follow the group to make sure no one became Loo badly lost on false trails. 1 hib it lean and an Adams persil s Wile ran direr Tiv to a it hair Litt Lou lit sets for All the runners. 1 i ret lean immediately look the lift Toma Itlie return ionised while Adams wailed to distribute the tickets. Quot they All think they re going to have to run up that. Mountain Quot she said. The runners were visibly relieved when they saw Jan Adams Hunding but the tickets. They shouted Quot on on Quot the i carriers Billle c by us they Rode the lift. At the top they look a Quot hash halt Quot to Admire the View of Capri s ror by coast and i , two Rocky peaks jutting nut of the water a few Hundred Yards Olf the Island s roast. It 1 Hen tin in nip ran bar k or it in to Ana it apri. 1 Here they Weaver i through the throng i if tourists and Page Tsi tops Anil restaurants. I hey Follower the flour Marks Down some Bult k streets to the Pia a near where they started. Quot or it bad. I expert Ted this t it Tursic would take them at least an hour and a half and the last Runnel will in done in an hour and to minutes Quot Mike Adams said looking at lie wait i. Bar k at the hotel Patio i lamer Wen Ter Over gloom their run. M e the. In nip two i tyrants i inherit a a or i Weatherman British Navy i i. Milt. Olin ook of Al Sou ii i s plans anti pol it y division had tier tried i lie runners had Loafer i Long enough they a mount etl it was Lime fone Ligion. I he two emptier i a it couple of r Ansel Heel into then red vessel a Bedpan in a prey it is i lie. 11 Ley r ailed one of the runners to join them in front of the Assembly. Her Ause Kob Ough an anime an under it Oliai i to the italian National Telephone it company Hud c Ompir Ltd three lashes with Thi group it Vuki inn Lor him to Rei five ins a 11 name. I Luedeau Dei  i it n Mglej s new name Ami Ham Fet i him the Sar rte ii vessel. I in.  y  t lit i y Aln but Ough x i emote i Ham exit gelling to heaven then i our Ilet i to 11 a. He attempted to Rotam the pan i in. Him up Ough emptied the vessel s r Nna it Urig r or it or 11s or i or. Hear i As t he i r it d  with that be line a wet Ami Loamy or hips joined the ranks Olsa Kwat Ltd rude boy Lla it and  harriers  the w Rirl