Cup Day At Riccarton Draws Many Visitors

Press, Volume XC, Issue 27501, 8 November 1954, Page 2

Cup Day At Riccarton Draws Many Visitors

Saturday was one of the most important days in the racing calendar n df the year in the Dominion—the day on which the race for the New Zealand Cup is run annually at Riccarton. As m previous years many visitors had come to- Christchurch for the event, and these swelled the crowd that attended the Canterbury Jockey Club’s meeting, which was honoured on Satby the presence of Vice-Royalty. The weather in the morning was perfect-calm and warm—but about noon light rain fell, and continued intermittently all day. Gradually coats and a great array of gay umbrellas appeared, but the enthusiasm of the crowd was in no way dampered, and the programme of exditing races was greatly enjoyed. It was a memorable Cup day, one of many in the long history of this great race and of the club. After the principal race, the Gov-ernor-General (Sir Willoughby Norrie) presented the handsome gold cup to Mr and Mrs M. Dentice, joint owners w. r he „ wlnnin g horse. Dormant. His Excellency congratulated the Canterbury Jockey Club on its excellent a r S a ? gemen ts- It was the first time he had been able to attend the New Zealand Cup meeting, he said. He spoke breeding of the winner, ?P d , s ? ld that the reputation of bloodm .u he D ?min ion had never stood higher than at present. Sir Willoughby Norrie was accompanied by Lady Norrie and his son, Mr George Norrie, and Miss J. HolloExcellency' il>Waiting ' attended her

Attractive Scene on Lawns . The scene on the lawns early in the day was most attractive. Silk frocks and suits and dresses of lace nylon and organdi m many colours were seen to advantage, and several becomfort Wlde hats w ere worn with

whb d^ N ° me Wd f- e a suit spotted arl ?u- Wltn collar of marina hart t ml t .T t K grey ' ! . Her smaU straw naa matched her suit. m^?^ ert , G^ igg - wlfe of chair™?P Jthe club, wore an uncommon Sherry-coloured silk with black val ’ et collar and straw hat of a lighter shade banded with black. Mrs Derrick Gould, wife of the honorary treaswf r L wo J.u a y . e ! low frock spotted with black. The skirt was finely pleated add sh ,e wore a black belt and closefitting black hat. Miss Holloway wore a dusky pink frock and a small hat of the same shade. Mrs M. Dentice. part-owner of Dormant, wore a grey and white patterned dress, a long grey c ?£f w , lth black tuxedo revers, and a wide black hat. Miss Susan Grigg wore a frock of very finely checked blue and brown sheer and a brown straw hat. Miss Phillida Gould wore a navy summer suit with white outthe wide revers, and a white a c ' oc^e with navy blue tassel. Among the visitors from Hawke’s Bay were Mrs T. H. Lowry and Miss Ann Lowry (Okawa), Mrs G. Chapman (Hastings), Miss Gonda Gordon, who accompanied her hostess, Mrs G. R. Cracroft Wilson, and Misses Susan and Joanna Wilson, and Mrs Bryan Boys, who accompanied her aunt, Mrs J- Mowbray Tripp. A Rotorua visitor was Mrs O’Neill, who was with her sister, Mrs Arthur Thomson, and another North Island

visitor was Mrs Quentin Donald, of Wairarapa. Southern visitors included Mrs Neill Rattray, who accompanied Mrs C. W. Rattray. Also in Mrs Rattray’s party was Miss Anne Ashton, of Wellingtori, 'who has not yet fully recovered from, a leg injury she suffered while ski-ing on Mount Ruapehu in August. Other southern visitors were Mrs R. Irving, of Albury, Mrs G. R. Kingston, Mrs Wilfrid Howell, and Miss Mary Mackenzie, of Timaru, Mrs V. Boyle and Miss Ann Boyle (Geraldine), Mrs Hamilton Sinclair Thomson (Timaru) and her daughter, Miss Sally SinclairThomson, who recently returned home after spending two years and a half overseas.

i Renewing former friendships wasJMiss Jennifer Cooke, who spent her girlhood in Christchurch and recently has lived in England. She was with her hostess, Mrs T. F. M. Gibson.

North Canterbury was represented by Mrs M. Bethell, Mrs H. D. Greenwood, Mrs George Macdonald, Mrs Ken Austin. Mrs Denis Chapman and Miss Mary Chapman, Mrs B. L. Blunden, Mrs J. L. Macfarlane, Mrs Guy Dampier-Crossley, Mrs A. J. Blakely, Mrs E. G. O. Rutherford, and Mrs R. C. Overton, and from further north had come Mrs W. N. Masefield (Marlborough) . Banks Peninsula Visitors From Banks Peninsula had come Mrs lan Menzies, who was accompanied by her sister, Mrs Neil Christie, and by Mrs J. B. Hay, Mrs T. McKellar, Miss Joy. Stewart, and Mrs A. Goodwin and Miss Goodwin. Others present were Mrs Arthur Elworthy, Mrs J. H. Grigg, and Misses Janet and Virginia Grigg, Mrs Peter Hall, Mrs M. G. Louisson and her daughter-in-law, Mrs George Louisson, Mrs H. A. C. Dampier-Crossley, Mrs C. C. Davis, Mrs George Weston, Mrs F. S. Wilding, Mrs Sholto-Douglas, Mrs Maurice Macfarlahe, Mrs M. H. Godby, Mrs Stewart Hunter, Mrs J. W. Woodhouse and her daughter, Mrs J. Fulton, Mrs George Aitken, Mrs Maurice Warren, Mrs W. W. Averill, Mrs L. C. L. Averill, Mrs G. Oakleigh Greenwood, Miss M. McCrostie. Mrs David Gould, Mrs Robin Gould. Mrs G. Murray Aynsley, Mrs J. Williams, Mrs JF. Cracroft Wilson, Mrs Humphrey Gould, Mrs Derek Westenra, Mrs Gerald Westenra, Mrs R. D. M. Johnson. Mrs Bede Loughnan, Mrs J. McLReid, Mrs David Crozier, Mrs Terence .Gresson, Mrs John Ward, Mrs Harold Barker and her daughter, Miss Prudence Barker, who recently returned from England, Mrs Sinclair Murchison, Mrs Denis Cotterill, Mrs Neil Guthrie, Mrs John Moore, Mrs C. L. Kettle. Mrs R. H. Livingstone, Mrs F. A. Brittan, Mrs Crosbie Morris. Mrs Lawrence Gee, Mrs E. J. Cordner, Mrs J. Nutt and Miss N. Nutt, Mrs Cecil Wood, Mrs J. C. Macintyre, Mrs H. W. Macfarlane, Miss D. Humphries. Miss J. Fulton. Mrs Percy Hall, Mrs C. E. Reid. Miss K. Lascelles. Mrs Macbean Stewart. Mrs J. S. Shaw and Miss Shaw. Mrs Royce Soanes, Mrs J. McVeigh, Mrs Peter Maling, Mrs Gordon Harper, Mrs Del Carl, and Misses Pamela Reece-Smith, Raewyn Lawrence, Margaret Cregoe, Jocelyn and Virginia Mair. Alison Weir. Lois Papperill, and Diana de Castro.