WITH THE POLO PLAYERS

Te Awamutu Courier, Volume 56, Issue 4043, 4 May 1938, Page 7

WITH THE POLO PLAYERS

SCENES IN SYDNEY. TWEEDS AND RUGS KEEP OUT COLD. SYDNEY, April 23. Linen frocks and straw hats were the unusual fashions seen at Kyeemagh for the opening day’s play in the Australasian Gold Cup Tournament but there were many spectators who wore the tweeds, suede shoes, and slouch felt hats which are the usual nolo styles. Large woolly rugs were well in evidence on the second day, and snug camel hair coats were worn over many tweed costumes. Even the dogs were protected from the cold by small coats. Owing to the wind, some women wore coloured woollen handkerchiefs over their heads, and golf socks helped to keep many feet warm. As the tournament progressed tweeds became almost a uniform, Almost every woman wore a tweed suit, and the colours ranged from the fawn speckled effects of Donegals to the- rich greens, b’.ues, hennas, and browns of Harris tweed. Checks and plaids were popular; berets, beanies, and gay scarves the rule, and there were also some magnificent fur coats and capes. ATTRACTIVE SUITS. Ono of the most attractive suits was that worn by Mrs Anthony Hordern, who, with Mr Hordern, entertained guests at luncheon in a tent at the ground. Of mushroom-pink slub wool, the suit had a matching jumper, and with it she wore a sable coat and a brown hat. Lady Huntingfield, wife of the Administrator, Lord Huntingfield, wore a turban of Persian lamb and a black coat trimmed with the same fur over , a pencil-striped black skirt, and came on the ground with the Governor, Lord Wakehurst, and Lady Wakehurst. A striking ensemble was worn by Mrs Erik Fischer, who was towed up and down the lawn by her highspirited young Airedale dog. Her suit of penny-tan angora had a long box-coat, and she added a dark reci scarf patterned with horses’ heads in white, and a Persian lamb coat. Among the youthful enthusiasts was the Hon. Henrietta Loder, daughter of Lord and Lady Wakehurst, who covered her frock with a camel-hair coat, into the neckline of which she tucked a red and white scarf. Her beret was navy. Perhaps the most unusual hat a< Kyeemagh was that worn by Mrs George Beresford Grant with her fawn flecked tweed suit. A navy blue Breton sailor hat, it was sad-dle-stitched in white along the edge of the brim, and the crown was trimmed with ordinary pins set in a circular design. Although the percentage of dogs and children seen on the grounds was not so large as it was last year (says the “Sydney Morning Herald”) the numbers of interstate visitors broke all records, and there were more than 30 loyal New Zealand visitors barracking in a mixture of Maori and English. SYDNEY POLO BALL. TE AWAMUTU VISITORS AT HOTEL “AUSTRALIA.” Te Awamutu and Waikato visitors to Sydney for the Australasian Polo Tournament have had a thrilling and varied round of entertainment One of the most outstanding functions they have attended was the Polo Ball held at the Australia Hotel, Sydney. The ball was preceded by a cocktail party, and as each arrival joined his or her group of friends, discussions began regarding the merits of the teams, the ponies, the victors, and vanquished. Even the decorations carried out the polo note. On the centre table in the dining-room there was a floral horse, complete with rider, and all about the room were set gcal-posts of silvered leaves intertwined with red roses, and surrounded with little red, white and blue flags. Gold, blue, and green cellophane ribbon was tied about the pillars, and from the orchestra’s balcony fell huge bunches of “redhot pokers” swathed in cellophane.

MAGNIFICENT FURS. News of “what was worn” on such a big social occasion is always of interest. Pastel shades were the most popular for gowns, but there was a sprinkling of black mostly black-velvet and also of white. Some magnificent furs were worn, including capes of silver fox and Arctic fox and ermine stoles. One of ‘the loveliest gowns was worn by Mrs Gordon Munro, of Bingara, whose husband played in the polo carnival. Of watermelon pink satin, it had a sash lined with the deepest red, and the same shade lined her coat, which had long pageboy sleeves. At the corsage, she wore a spray of red roses. A sequinned gown of white chiffon was the choice of Mrs Anthony Hordern, and it had a short circular cape. Mrs Geoffrey Ashton’s attractive gown of black panne velvet had tiny puff sleeves, and a tiny flat bow trimmed the corsage. With it she wore a silver fox fur cape.