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Shown below are some of the signs used to mark BH3 trails. We very seldom have live hares; usually the hare lays the trail beforehand and runs with the pack. The trails are usually marked with flour, but on some occasions other ways of marking the trail have been used:

During snowy winters some hares use ketchup, chocolate powder, red fruit juice or a mixture of different types of flour
After the anthrax scare in 2001, the police banned the use of flour and issued us with spray cans with red paint!
On some Killer Hill Weekends when the trail was set some days in advance and the weather was rather inclement, multi-coloured wool has been used to mark the trail


	The trail Example of a typical BH3 trail.
	On-on Blobs of flour are used to mark the trail. We do not adhear to the practice of three blobs and you are on.
	Arrow If the hare(s) think the pack will consist of BB's, arrows can be used to guide the pack in the right direction.
	Check and wait The pack check and wait until everyone has arrived and must wait until the hare(s) have given the signal ('Check it out') before continuing. Some Hashers call the sign 'holding check'.
	Check and go The pack will check in different directions for the continuing trail but without waiting for the whole pack to gather. Variations of the sign includes blobs of flour in the circle where the corresponding number of Hashers must wait at the 'check and go' until the last Hasher in the pack has passed by.
	Drink stop Need I say more? 'DS' (drink stop) or 'BS' (beer stop) are sometimes used instead of a D.
	Sing stop The pack gathers and under the guidance of either the GM or RA, will endeavour to sing a rousing Hash song (usually 'Father Abraham' or 'Lion Hunt').
	Check back A dead end and the pack must circle back to find the true trail again.
	False trail Used after a check and wait or check and go, and the pack must go back to the last check and start searching for the true trail from there.
	Round back Hashers must run back to the last Hasher in the pack before continuing. Variations of the sign includes blobs of flour in the sign and the corresponding number of Hashers must run back to the the last hasher in the pack. Some hashers call this sign 'fish hook'.
	On-Inn Marks the end of the trail. Some Hashers insist on writing 'On-In'. According to informed sources the BH3 way of spelling the sign means "On to the inn" (i.e. pub).