THE TROTTING MEETING.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 20597, 23 June 1930, Page 3

THE TROTTING MEETING.

■O" DAY FOR SOMBRE COLOURS. TWEED ENSEMBLES POPULAR. Grey and lowering skies, with occasional showers, had a marked sombre effect cn the frocking for the opening day of the Auckland Trotting Club's winter meeting at Alexandra Park on Saturday. Bright colours, ercept occasionally in hats or raincoats, were almost entirely absent," brown, fawn and black wre again the favourite—and for Saturday's weather—certainly the most serviceable shades. An innovation in the winter race meetings of this year were the B.ussian boots, worn by a larce number of racegoers on Saturday, which made their appearance two or three years ago and then seemed to fade into eblivicn. Whether their reappearance augurs a return to fashion it is hard to say, but they looked quite attractive when worn with a brown or black coat corresponding with their colour. Fur coats were again to be seen in fairly large numbers, but on the whole it might safely be said that tweed ensembles and raincoats predominated. Among these who were present were.—s Irs. P. C, Margetts, who wore a navy blue coat with a close-fitting Burgundy-red felt hat swathed with velvet; Sirs. J. J. Graham, Persian lamb coat and emerald green veiotir hat faced with black: Mrs. Prank Bull, navy blue coat with fur stole and navy felt hat; Sirs. Norman Burton, brown tweed coat with leather facings and brown felt bat; Sirs. J. Byan, navy bine for-trimmed coat and small black felt hat; Mrs. P. O'Connor, fur coat and red felt hat.: Sirs. A. ,E. Moore, navy blue leather coat and small black felt hat; Sirs. C. Rutherford, tweed suit with rose coat and small two-toned brown felt hat; Mrs. B. D. Wright, fawn frock with fur coat and beige felt hat; Sirs. Stephen Hunter, cocoa-brown coat with fur collar and cuffs and brown felt hat; Sirs. A. G. Slabee, nary bine clcth ensemble with fur coat and blue felt hat; Sirs. A. J. Farqtthar, sealskin coat and navy felt hat; Sirs. Norman Wade, bottle green frock with sealskin coat and bottle green felt hat trimmed with an osprey; Sirs. J. A. B. Hellaby, squirrel coat over a. blue frock and pewder blue felt bat; Sirs. E. Cotter, blue and grey jumper suit with fur coat and black felt hat; Sirs. R. SI. K. Swanson, wine woilen Jersey suit and hat to tone: Sirs. Ernest Abbott, mole-coloured frock with fur coat and brown hat.

Sirs. Sweetapple were a fawn tweed suit with red leather coat and brown hat; Mrs. A. Newdick, floral satin frock under a far-trimmed coat and black felt hat; Sirs. F. Strickland, nnvv blue frock with zrsen leather coat and hat to tone; Mrs: f±. Windsor (Tamahere), brown frock with fur coat and wine felt hat; Sirs. W Dinniss IHamilton), navy blue cos-

mine with blue coat and felt hat: Mrs. P. Brady, fawn tweed suit and blue felt hat; Mrs. C. B. Carley (Hamilton), navy blue coat with fox furs and navy fcatj Mrs. EL Parker, navy blue ensemble and small navy hat; Mrs. W. H. Birkenhead, sealskin coat and bottle green felt hat: Mrs. W. Patterson, nary blue far-trimmed coat and navy felt hat: Mrs. J. H. Ansell, leaf green coat with furs and felt hat; Mrs. J- D. Jones, checked coat and navy felt hat; Mrs- K. A. Snedden, bottle green coat with mole cellar and beige felt hat; Mrs. Hogan, navy bin* leather coat, wji,h closs-String powder-blue hat: Mrs- Bennett, black fur-trimmed coat and black velvet hat; Mrs. Frost, brown

coat, with far coEar and caffs and orange felt hat,; jlrs. Carr, rose-beige coat and felt bat to tone; Mrs. H. Whit-combe, fawn miaed tweed suit, with maroon raincoat and felt hat- to tone; Sirs. F. Bestall, pale green tweed sait and fawn felt hat; Mrs. E. D. Tosswdl (Wanganui}, bias jumper suit., with tweed furt.rimrned coat and blue hat. Mrs. E. Miller was irs a tweed suit and wine velonr hat: Mrs. A. W. Hall, choc-clata-brown coat and orange felt, hat; Mrs. A. E- Wat kins, brown flecked tweed ensemble, with brown leather coat and felt hat, to tone; Mrs. W. Scholium, brown frock, with musquash coat and brown and beige hat; Mrs. R. T. Eeid ! Harnillcm), fa-va mixed in-eeti sail, with

| ivx furs and beige Wt hat; Mrs. L. A. i Lyons, black ensemble, with squirrel fur I border and black hat; Mrs. Tanner, orange floral cr«pe de chine frock, with fur coat and black hat: Mrs. A. W. j Paul, brown cloth suit, with furs and small brown hat; Mrs. Bray, black cloth i coat, with fur collar and small brown felt bat-. Mrs. T. J- Stewart, beige cloth

| coat, with fur stole and small blue hat; | Mrs. M. Lao-son, navy frock, with brown j fur coat and brown hat; 3lrs. H. B: Fott«r. navy blue far-trimmed coat and j small navy hat; Mrs. Brittain. nary [ frock, with navy and red coat and hat | to ton?; Mrs. Bush, sea-green frock, with i ma met coat and green felt hat; Mrs. H. ! Daw, navy frock, with sealskin coat and ! cyclamen velvet hat: Mrs. W. Anderson. ! Burgundy-red ensemble and small red hat Ito tone:' Mrs. W. Clegg, red frock, with I beiie coat and small red felt hat; Mrs. ; Harrick, brown cloth coat, with fur col- | iar and cuffs and smaU brown hat. ! .Miss Marjorie Ryan wore a tweed cosI tume, with brown fur coat and widebrimmed beige felt hat; Miss _ Peggy Kers. bottle-green cloth coat, with fur collar and cuffs and green felt hat; Miss D. Farquhar., brown frock, with musquash coat and small nigger-brown felt hat; Miss Joyce Hailiweli bottle-green coat', with fur collar and cuffs and bottlerreen felt hat; Miss Nance St. Clair Whrt-R, brown leather coat and small Dcwder-biue felt hat; Miss N. Wiiila.ce, bine and red ngnred raincoat, wKh cielblue beret; Miss Kathleen Waters, brown ; coat and small brown felt hat; Miss | fawn coat, with hat to tone; \ Miss - Frances Irvine, fawn tweed coat, i with fur coilar and fawn toque; Miss I Meredith, tweed coat over a sage green j frock, and chocolate-brown felt hat; Miss ID. Bennett, jpde-areen coat, with fur I coEar and cuffs and jade-green felt hat; Miss Ratican. brown coat aad £rna]3 brown felt hat.; Miss Chalmers. navv blue suit and small hat to tone: Miss E.Gibbons, navy blue costume, with furs and nan felt hat; Miss Peacock, _ blue leather coat and small navy hat; SLss A. Davy navv blue ensemble, with black Hi.'hat; Miss Dnrant. tweed coat and small lnrqner-red felt hat,; Miss Foote, navv tailored coat and small red hat, Miss Molly Macklow. navy Llue froc—. wish fur coat and small navy ijat.