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Introduction {#sec:Introduction}
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Understanding hadronic decays of the $B$ is crucial to insuring that decay modes used for measurement of CP violation truly reflect the underlying quark decay mechanisms expected theoretically.

Currently, measured exclusive branching ratios for hadronic $B$ decays total only a small fraction of the hadronic width. The semileptonic branching ratio for $B\to Xe^-\nu$, $X\mu^-\nu$, and $X\tau^-\nu$ totals approximately 25% [@PDG]. The measured hadronic decay modes for the $\overline{B}^o$ including $D^+ (n\pi^-)$, $D^{*+} (n\pi^-)$, where $3\ge n \ge 1$, $D^{+(*)}D_s^{-(*)}$, and $J/\psi$ exclusive totals only about 10% [@PDG]. (The $B^-$ modes total about 12%.) Thus our understanding of hadronic $B$ decay modes is not yet well based in data.

It is also interesting to note that the average charged multiplicity in a hadronic $B^o$ decay is 5.3$\pm 0.1$ [@chargedmult]. Since this multiplicity contains contributions from the $D^+$ or $D^{*+}$ normally present in $\overline{B}^o$ decay, we expect a sizeable, approximately several percent, decay rate into final states with four pions [@Argus]. The seen $D^{(*)} (n\pi)^-$ final states for $n \leq 3$ are consistent with being quasi-two-body final states. For $n$ of two the $\rho^-$ dominates, while for $n$ of three the $a_1^-$ dominates [@BigB]. These decays appear 