And now we enter into that most sacred part of the Hashyear, the High Holy Days of February. And what might they be, I hear you ask.

Hash of the Tibetan New Year, in memory of the 13th Delay LLLama

Sunday, February 6, 2000

This year this hash coincides with our Annual G Hash. Who or what was G, you ask? I must take a moment to tell you the story of Alberto Stephano Ignatius Gispert, "G", one of the founders of the Mother Hash in KL:

Born Alberto Stephano Ignatius Gispert to Spanish Catalan parents in London in 1903, he later Anglicized his name to Albert Stephen Ignatius Gispert and became known as "G". He was a chartered accountant with Evatt & Co, and was posted to Malacca in 1937 where he joined a club called the Springgit Harriers who operated weekly under "hash" rules and are believed to have been formed in 1935. Actually, the idea of Harriers chasing marks was not new in Malaya in the late '30s. Frederick "Horse" Thomson first became involved with paperchases in Johore Bahru in 1932 and the Kinta Harriers were active in Ipoh at the time. Some time between September and December 1938 G was among those (Thomson, G, Cecil Lee, "Torch" Bennett, Eric Galvin, H. M. Doig) who founded the original club in Kuala Lumpur. Of course, the war soon interrupted runs until 1946.