Stuck on a Hair and Fur Problem

I'm stuck on a problem with the Hair and Fur (WSM) modifier and I'm hoping for
some ideas to get this working correctly. I have added the modifier to my hair
object and used Recomb From Splines. Unfortunately the hair goes all over the
place rather than follow the splines. On the other hand, when I choose Style
Hair, the guides are showing that the hair is exactly where I want it. When I
render the scene, I get the crazy hair.

You can see what's happening in the attached image.

I've t
ried this in both Max 8 and 9 and I'm getting the same problem (the image is
from Max 9). I have an object just under the skin that the hair grows out of,
and it's just an Editable Mesh. I  have an Editable Spline set up with several
splines to use with Recomb From Splines. I haven't done anything else in the
modifier yet. 

Anyone seen this before, or have any ideas?

Thank you,
--AL