AUCKLAND.

New Zealand Graphic, Volume XXIX, Issue XX, 15 November 1902, Page 1262

AUCKLAND.

Dear Bee, November 11. The annual athletic sports in connection with the Auckland College and Grammar School were held on Friday last at the Domain Cricket Ground. The weather was fine and the attendance was large. Amongst those present were Lady Logan Campbell, very handsome grey voile, black collarette, black hat with folded tulle swathings and tulle strings; Miss Blades, black costume, with white lace, black toque; Miss Thorpe, blue cambric, burnt straw hat; and her sister wore black skirt, light blouse, burnt ' straw hat with white; Mrs Turner, green with brown velvet, black hat; Miss Picken, fawn skirt, check blouse, sailor hat; Mrs Tibbs, periwinkle blue gown, lace collar, black bonnet; Miss Reid, green gown trimmed with brown velvet, black hat; Mrs Arnold, navy cloth, cream lace, black toque with tulle; Mrs Jervis, black skirt, grey jacket, sailor hat; Miss Annesley, black voile, black hat; Miss Durleu, grey coat and skirt, cream hat with grey; Mrs Rankin Reed, brown with ecru laee, brown toque; Mrs C. F. Buddle, very stylish black dress with large tucks horizontally made on skirt and bodice, black hat; Mrs Gutteridge, navy bolero and skirt with cream lace, black toque; Mrs J. King Davis, purple voile, edged with black, black bonnet with violet velvet; Mrs J. B. McFarlane, navy serge bolero and skirt, black hat with ostrich feathers; Mrs Murray, dark green frieze bolero and skirt, white vest with green velvet, cream hat with cream tulle; Miss Murray, black silk with cream lace, black hat with pink silk; Mrs Walker, navy with velvet trimming, velvet toque; Misses Stewart (2), black skirts, white blouses, sailor hats; Miss Gilfillan, black skirt, blue and white figured blouse, cream toque with black; Mrs Ryan, black

costume, blue collarette veiled i* ecru laee, sailor hat; Mrs Pierce, dark skirt, fawn jacket, black hat; Miss Metcalfe, navy gown; and her sister wore grey skirt, white silk blouse, burnt straw toque; Mrs Keeping. navy; Mrs Myers, black; Miss Ettie Myers, fawn gown with blue waistband, burnt straw hat; Mrs Egerton, dark green bolero and skirt, white vest, hat with pansies; Miss Fenton, navy gown and hat; Mrs Brabant, black; Mrs La wry and Miss Battley wore mourning costumes; Miss Rice, white muslin, black waistband, sailor hat; Miss Stella Rice, fawn muslin over silk, white hat with, blue; Miss Gorrie. navy costume with fawn laee, red hat; Mrs Bosca wen, grey tweed with navy bands of.braid finished with gold buttons, black hat with ostrich feathers; Miss Dunnett, dark skirt, grey figured silk blouse, white toque with white spotted with black foulard; Mrs Rice, black silk with ecru lace; Mrs Watkins, navy voile; Miss Brassy, pink cambric, black hat with feathers and folded tulle; Miss Oberlin Brown was very much admired in a white muslin with tucks and lace insertion, white hut swathed with tulle; Miss Kenny, black skirt, white blouse, hat with flowers; Miss Stubbins, dark skirt, lizard green striped blouse, black hat: Miss Frater, black; Mrs A. V. McDonald, black silk, with ecru laee, black bonnet; Miss Heskvth, navy; Miss Aicken, navy gown, whix»> vest, sailor hat; Miss D. Wilks, dark skirt, blue blouse, brown hat; and her sister, dark skirt, cream blouse, black hat; Miss Laird, black: Miss R. Laird, black relieved with white; Miss Brigham. mourning costume; Miss McCormick, white pique, sailor hat; Miss Kent, dark skirt, fawn jacket; Miss Outhwaite. green costume, black hat; Mrs Minitt, blaek skirt, blaek cape, black bonnet with white flowers; Mrs Morrell, blaek; ADs Cochrane, black; Miss Dawson, black skirt, white blouse; Mrs Thomas Keesing, black costume, sky blue vest, burnt straw hat with silk; -

Mrs Petrie, “black skirt, violet stripe-i blouse, blaek hat with yellow roses; Mrs Arch. Tayler. blaek gown with ecru lace applique, black hat with mauve flowers; Mrs Choyce, blaek voile costume. blaek chiffon fichu, black bonnet; Mrs Moritzson, violet foulard with ecru laee, black hat with velvet and feathers; Mrs McKean, blaek; Miss Hull, crushed strawberry costume, coral pink hat with tulle; Miss P. Gorrie, periwinkle blue gown, hat with bright blue; Mrs Dillingham. French blue costume, black hat swathed with tulle and forget-me-nots; Mrs T. Philson, blaek costume, burnt straw toque; Miss Cameron, blaek gowp relieved with white; Miss Mab. Rice, fawn muslin; Mrs Napier, grey check, white vest, white fur boa, black hat with feathers; Miss Towle, fawn cloak; Mrs Vaile, dark green, white lace eoilarette, blaek hat; Mrs Scott, black, with narrow red stripe, costume, blaek hat: Mrs Dignan, navy serge coat and skirt, blaek toque with white lace; Mrs Aldrich, flowered foulard with ecru laee, black hat with pink; Madame Chambers, black gown with ecru lace, black hat; Mrs Sloman, black gown, white vest, black bonnet with pink roses; Misses Sloman (2), dark skirts, light blouses, sailor hats; Mrs Devereux, black, with ecru lace, blaek hat with tulle; Misses Choyce (2), blaek voiles, black hats with tulle; Miss Colegrove, navy gown, cream vest, cream hat with pink: Miss Gird]er, black skirt, fawn jacket. Panama hat; Miss Goodall, black skirt, blue blouse, violet hat with violets; Miss Coehe, grey: Miss Brown, dark skirt, ciel blue silk blouse, sailor hat: and her sister wore a dark skirt, dome blue silk blouje, sailor hat: Miss Morrow, dark skirt, red spotted blouse, sailor hat: and her sister wore dark fawn jacket, sailor hat : Miss Mulvaney, grey gown, cream hat; Miss Morrow, dark skirt, fawn jacket, whita hat: Mi=s Cowan, black gown, black hat; Mrs Hutchison, black gown, pink vest, black hat with tulle and feathers.

When daylight broke on Saturday morning with a dull, overcast sky, accompanied by a drizzling rain, it was feared that the first day of the A.R.C. Spring Meeting would have to be inaugurated under rather unfavourable conditions from a weather point of view. But, though King Sol failed to break through the clouds and so liven up the scene, the rain that fell from the time that racing commenced was the mildest sprinkle. The attendance of the ladies was the poorest ever seen on that course. Amongst the ladies present were: Mrs Sharman. royal blue skirt, brick red jacket, blue toque: Mrs Cattanach,

black; ud her daughter wore scarlet; Mrs Windsor, black voile, black hat; Miss Dunnett, brown, with Italic silk let in bodice, black hat trimmed e* suite; Mrs H. Tonka, black; Miss Buckland, black relieved with white laee; Miss Ralph, blaek; Mrs Crowe, dark skirt, fawn jacket, blaek hat; Mrs Elliot, black costume, blaek bonnet with pink; Mrs Cousins, greeny grey tai,ormade gown, with Russion blous, fur boa, black hat with violet silk swathed with eeru lace; Miss Leonard, dark, skirt, fawn jacket, blue collarette, hat with blue rosettes; Mrs Clem. Lawford, navy eoat and skirt, cream yoke, black hat with feathers and bands of gold spangles; Miss Firth, black; Mrs SmitK, black; Mrs Markham, dark skirt, fawn jacket, white hat; Mies Gorrie. dark g>wn, bat with navy rosettes; Miss N. orrie. dark eo.vn stitched with white, white tucked yoke, white hat; Miss Gwen. Gorrie. fawn cloak, sailor hat; Miss Torrance, slate grey camel’s hair tweed; Miss Percival, navy serge; Miss Davy, green coat and skirt, brown hat; Mrs Farrell. black costume; Miss Keogh, black skirt with satin bands, fawn jacket, white hat: Miss Wallnutt. crushed strawberry gown, fswn jacket: Mrs Bell, black; Miss Williams, black; Mrs Moody, dark costume, sailor hat; Mrs Scott, red and brown eostume, red vest, hat to match; Mrs Gillies, dark skirt, fawn jacket, hat with tulle-.

There was a large attendance to witness the second day’s races of the Auckland Racing Club’s Spring Meeting, which took on Monday last. For the earlier part of the day it was a little “too summery,” perhaps, for those who had not yet donned their spring attire, but how much better to feel cheerful and warm in one’s winter clothes than pinched and. shivering in a white dimmer silk or muslin. Amongst those present were: Mrs. Thompson, black brocade, black bonnet; Miss Thompson, white fiilk, with tuckings and lace insertion, hat swathed with tulle, and trimmed with green ribbons and leaves; and her sister wore an oyster-coloured voile, with ecru lace, picture hat with tulle and pink roses; Mrs Dennis O'Rorke, hanilsome black voile skirt, moire blouse, relieved with white, black toque, relieved with iris-coloured ribbons; Miss McLaughlin, mode grey, with ecru lace, black hat; Miss Cruickshank, dainty costume of grey voile, the skirt was plain but for three shaped flounces round hem, the bodice opened in front to show a white vest, blaek hat, with tulle and ostrich feathers; Miss Firth, white serge skirt, fawn jacket, black hat; Miss Bush, black gown and hat; Mrs Is oakes, black skirt, fawn jacket, sailor hat; Miss Ware, navy costume, brown Panama hat; Mrs (Dr.) Pabst, black sacque jacket and skirt, black toque, with white tulle and ostrich feathers; Miss Peacocke, navy skirt, fawn jacket, blue toque; Miss Nelson, claret-red gown, with black braiding, fawn toque with velvet; Miss mode grey voile, isit.li pink, silk trimming, pink hat, trimmed with pink rosea and ecru lace; Mrs. Lawrence, navy serge coat and skirt, black hat, with tulle and feathers; Miss Percival, absinthe green, with ecru lace, white hat with ruched ribbons; Mrs. Sharman, beige skirt, with tuckings from hem to waist, and finished with blaek lace, black bodice, black hat with tulle and feathers; Miss Moss-Davis, navy coat and skirt, black hat, with tulle, and a white gossamer veil enveloped the face of the wearer; Miss Lusk, black voile, with ecru lace, black hat, with variegated roses; Miss O. Lusk, blaek voile, with ecru laee, blue hat with red berries; Misses Ireland (2), black voile skirts, brown holland boleros, fawn flop accordeon-pleated cambric hats; Mrs Clem. Lawford, galois grey gown, black hat, with tulle and gold spangles; Mrs Markham, dark skirt, fawn jacket, hat with ciel blue silk; Mrs. Alison, beige plaid grenadine over glace, blaek toque; Miss Alison, dome blue, with infinitesimal tucks, and ecru lace applique, white hat ■with ostrich feathers; Miss Berry, black tucked voile, blaek hat; Mrs (Colonel) Dawson, grey check silk, black hat with red silk; Miss Wallrvutt, white pique, white hat; Miss Keogh, dark skirt, fawn jacket, white hat with flowers; Mrs Keogh, black;

Miss Fenton, fawn holland, hat with flowers; Mias Shepherd, black silk, black toque; Mias — Berry, grey voile, with eeru lav, fawn bat with blue; Mrs Bell, black; Mrs Leathern, fawn costume; Mr, Lyons, blaek gown, cream lace let in at neck, plar teau-green hat with pink flowers; Miss Aubrey, purple costume; Mra Thomas Morrin, buis eostume, with strappings, the skirt was plain, the bodice was of a Russian style with re vers of ecru lace and pink embossed embroidery, cream toque with silk and flowers; Miss Morrin, white serge skirt, white silk blouse with tuckings of lace insertion, white hat with pink roses, and a large pale blue silk bow at back; Mrs Goodhue, black skirt, fawn jacket, black hat; Miss Links, grey check; Mrs Bodie, black; Mrs A. P. Wilson, fawn skirt, brown veivet bodice, greeny straw hat with turquoise-blue trimming; Mrs Stuart Reid, blue tucked bengaline, with cream lace, peacock-green toque; Mrs Elliott, black; Mrs Cussens, la-vender-grey tucked skirt and bodice, the waist was finished with velvet, white toque with violet silk; Mrs Frater. black; Mrs Eungswell, black; Miss Binney, black dress, white let in at neck, black and white hat; Miss Tus. Binney, navy gown, canary straw hat with bunches of violets; Miss Waller, pretty blue silk, with tuckings and ecru lace, black hat awathco with tulle; Mrs Cattanach, black skirt, white silk blouse, white toque; Mrs Windsor, black silk; Mrs Ralph, black; Mrs Torrance, black silk; Miss Torrance, black gown, hat with red; Miss Simpson, black gown, toque with pink and blue; Mrs Simpson, grey muslin skirt, cream tussore coat, toque with pink and blue; Min (Dr.) Dawson, black bolero, silk skirt, white chiffon blouse, black bonnet; Miss Dawson, green cashmere, trimmed with blue, toque to correspond; and her sister wore pink Toile, veiled in white tucked silk, hat with red flowers; Mrs Keesing, black gowii, blue vest, black toque; Miss Chadwick, white serge, with bands of black lace; Mrs Chadwick, black silk; Mrs McCormick, dark skirt, light blouse; Miss Dunnett, black; Miss Eve Smith, pale grey, with ecru lace, black hat; Miss Smith, black, with cream lace; Mrs Lloyd, white serge, with strappings, white toque, with blue silk; Mrs Roberts, black; Misa Bouillon, grey voile, black hat; Mrs Hanna, black dress, with fawn lace, white hat with pink; Mrs Foster, black; Mrs Black, brown camel’s hair, white square-cut collarette, white hat with pink roses; Mrs Cotter, black silk, chic toque of black and white; Miss Millie Cotter, grey bengaline, with fawn laee, white hat with blue flower®; Miss Jackson, navy coat and skirt, black hat; Mrs Tonka, black; Miss Buckland, grey voile bolero and skirt, with tuckings and ecru lace, black hat swathed with tulle; Miss R. Buckland, white silk, with tucks, hat with blue forget-me-nots; Mrs Martelli, dark skirt, white blouse, black hat; Mrs H. Bloomfield, pearl-grey voile gown, the skirt was finished with flounces, hat swathed with blue silk and blue flowers; Mrs Brace, navy blue gown, black hat; Miss Gorrie, blue gown; Miss Moss, dark skirt, white blouse, hat with gossamer veil; Miss Gorrie (Onehunga), dark grey gown, white hat with black; Mrs Moss, absinthe-green, with blaek bands; Mrs Chamberlin, black; Mrs William Bloomfield, white silk, hat with guelder roses; Mrs. Gray, navy gown, cream hat with blue; Mrs Nichol, navy, trimm pH with black; Mrs C. Brown, navy gown; and her sister wore fawn muslin; Miss Roberts, black; Mrs Duthie, black bolero and skirt, white vest, black hat; Mrs Colbeck, oyster-grey voile, black picture hat; Miss Thorne George, navy costume, with ecru lace, navy hat with green aigrettes; and her sister wore grey costume, black picture hat with tulle; Mrs Parsons, black; Mrs E. Moss-Davis, white muslin, with fawn lace, hat with red flowers; Mrs Davey, black; Mrs. Basley, black; Miss Basley, dark skirt, light blouse, sailor hat; Miss Davy, Royal blue eostume; Mrs Dufaur, black gown, with white lace; Miss Hay, green gown, hat with pink; and her sister wore Royal blue; Mrs Niel, white silk, cream hat with

pink flowers; Mrs Benjamin, bteek foulard, with white spots, the skirt ■was finished with flounces edged with white lace, black toque; Mrs McCallum, fawn costume, black hat; Mrs Crowe, blue gown, with white lace, white hat with black velvet; Mrs Smith, black; Mrs Dignan, navy coat and skirt, hat with ecru lace; Mrs Aldrich, black foulard, with pink flowers, black bonnet.

PHYLLIS BROUN.