BLENHEIM.

New Zealand Graphic, Volume XVI, Issue XVII, 25 April 1896, Page 484

BLENHEIM.

I must not forget to give an account of the second day of the Marlborough Autumn Race Meeting. The day was cooler than the preceding one. but the dust ana wind were not so pleasant. The harmony of the meeting was somew hat marred by the con stant protects, which ought never to have been entered, and by the length of time taken in starting some of the events. The starter beat the record by being over an hour starting one race, and after a’.l that there«was a protest entered against the winner. O herwi-e the meeting was very enjoyable, and certainly went off most successfully on both days, the attendance being larger than for years past, Mrs Richardson looked well in white pique skirt and cape over white muslin and 'ace blouse, sailor hat; Mrs G. Watts, brown and green fancy tweed with green velvet, small black boat-shaped hit with feathers; Mrs M'lntire. black, becoming jet bonnet with tea roses ; Mrs Cleghorn, black and white check dress, sailor hat; Mrs F. Robinson, fawn lustre skirt and coat over white blouse embroidered with gold, brown hat: Mrs Herbert Seymour (Picton*. black crepon. ana black hat with shot bows; Mrs Greenfield, brown tweed, black toque with feathers ; Mrs T. Redwood, black and purple: Mrs Vavasour, black: Mrs Griffiths, grey, black bonnet with violets; Mrs Horton, grey, pretty pale blue and brown velvet bonnet; Miss J. Horton, blue, large hat: Mrs Kellas, prune tweed, black and w’hite hat; Mrs G. Robinson, cream and yellow crepon. small bonnet; Miss Rees, white and yellow blouse, black skirt, becoming hat of black chiffon with pale green shot ribbon and foliage : Mrs Thompson, white pique, sailor hat: Mrs A. Farmar, red silk blouse smocked, dark skirt, sailor hat; Miss L. Horne, yellow crepon. cream feather hat: the Misses Clouston were much admired in lovely white cashmere smocks worked in cream silk : Mesdames C. Redwood. Red wool, Goulter, Mclntosh (two). Mowat, Snodgrass J. Redwood. P. Doulsin, Park. Petre. Cave. Faller. Ryan. Corrie. Draper. H. Dodson. Jackson.C . Earp, Lane. Tait. Addison. A. Rayner. Matheson. Burns. Cheesemin. Misses Redwood (seven), Sinclair (three), Ferguson, Aines. Gordon. Fuller. Mackenzie, Ryan. Ward (three). On Friday Mrs Conolly had ’quite a large party at tennis. She received in a grey and white checked coat and skirt over a pink blouse, sailor hat; Miss Conolly. cream blouse ; Mrs G. Watts, petunix crepon with bodice of petunia and black striped silk and guipure, black toque ; Mrs M’lntire, grey and black tweed, and becoming bonnet: Mrs Royers, fawn tweed with shot silk : Mesdames Mclnto-h (two). Carey, Snodgrass. Greenfield (looking pretty in black and heliotrope). Bull. C. Earp. Thompson. Sharp. G. Robinson. Kellas. Mi-ses Livesay (two). Bull (two). Moore (two*. Horion two). McLauchlan (two). Kitto and Carey; Dr. Stack. Messrs Snodgrass. Mclntosh, Greenfield, Black, Bunting. Wytchell, W. Baiilie, H. Horton, G. Waddy, etc. A good deal of interest has been taken in the Tennis Club tournament and handicap matches now going on. The Women's Christian Temperance Union have been giving a series of very successful tableaujc under the able management of Miss Yeomans, of Wellington. They are to be repeated on Wednesday evening in aid of the Brunnerton Relief Fund. That terrible catastrophe has cast a gloom over the place, and everyone here will do their best to raise money for the widows and orphans.