Number
65
The
date of the first VH3 hash run had long been debated as
having either started October 14th, 1990, or on November 4th that same year.
Some believe it was the day of the first run, even though that
trail was set by Vancouver hashers. Others say it was the run
that the local VH3 members set. Finally, when the VH3 was
facing its 500th
run milestone, a compromise was made to list both runs as run 1a
and 1b.
That was settles,... or was it? End of October 2018 the VH3 Web master receiver evidence from the a
friend that their was an active Hash House Harrier club at the
University of Victoria much earlier, and that their first run
may have been on the same week as run 1a,
but three year earlier in 1987. He found advertisements in The Martlet
news paper, first appearing October 15th,
of 1987,
for a run October 16th. Whether this run actually occurred or not is
unknown, however, the ad appeared in the Martlet until January, when
it was changed, removing the specific starting location at the
student residency. I gather they realized that it was more
interesting if the start changed for every event. The change
to the ad in January that year supports a hypothesis that the club
remained active throughout that year, as normally a club at Uvic would
have their advertiement automatically repeated in the Martlet throughout the year until
the Martlet was told
otherwise.