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New Zealand Times, Volume XXXVII, Issue 8397, 7 April 1913, Page 5

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Saturday proved even a duller day than Wednesday at the races, as far as dressing went. Nobody ventured to put on anything but the always suitable as well as useful coat and skirt. Even these were of the severely utilitarian order for the most part; navy blue seemed to predominate, so that the general view of the crowd was distinctly dull, and even some of the waving plumes of Wednesday were absent, no doubt because it promised wind in. the morning, a promise which, luckily, was not fulfilled. Miss Hai ■ court, who came out rather late, wore a grey coat and skirt and a grey hat with shaded blue feathers; Mrs Moorhouse wore black, with a black and white hat; Mrs J. Barton amethyst suk, veiled in black embroidered net, and a small hat with shaded mauve ostrich tips; Mrs Wilford was in navy blue, piped with green, and green feathers in her hat; Miss Seddon wore black, with a bright tangerine wing in her black hat; Mrs A. Abbott wore a black silk costume, finished with narrow fringe and white lace, with a white plume in her black hat; Mrs Lowry wore grey eolienne over velvet, and a wide black hat with shaded mole plumes; Mrs W. Stead, a navy costume, faced with tan, and a wide hat with white roses and shaded yellow grasses; Mrs Chapman was in a dark costume, with a bright tangerine feather in a black hat; Miss Chapman wore black silk and a blue hat with white plumes; Miss V. Chapman, navy blue costume, wth panache of cerise tulle in her hat; Mrs Godley was in black, with a black and white hat; Mrs Saunders (West Australia) wore a navy costume, with overskirt of chiffon and touches of red; Mrs Isaacs was in black silk, finely striped with white, and a black and white hat; Mrs V. Riddiford wore a light tan costume, a black hat with white roses, and ermine furs; Mrs E. Riddiford was in navy blue, and a smart black hat with black and white ospreys; Miss Hislop, dark blue satin costume, and white hat with yellow mount; Miss Moss, dark coat and skirt, and hat wreathed with tangerine feathers; Miss E. Simpson, navy blue coat and skirt, and small hat of white velours: Mrs Chapman (Lower Hutt). bright brown, braided with black, and shaded organe plumes in her hat; Miss Kember, dark blue, with red facings, and small winged hat; Miss L. Cohen (England), black watered poplin, with accordion-pleated skirt, and smart

black hat; Mrs Birkett, brown coat and skirl, and white plumed hat; Mrs D. Nathan, black costume, with black velvet hat and white feathers; MrW. Turnbull green feathers in a smal black hat, with a dark tailor-made Miss N. Brandon, dark grey costume, round hat with grey feathers; Miss Burnes, navy costume faced with ton cloth, and hat bound with violet and trimmed with bunches of tiny red and violet flowers; Mrs Eweii, cream, with a fine black stripe, and facings of pale blue; Mrs Bigg, mole coloured cloth, with deep cream ribbon on a black hat. Many people donned fur coats before the end of the day, so that the meeting might almost have been the midwinter one.