AUCKLAND.

New Zealand Graphic, Volume XXXII, Issue XV, 9 April 1904, Page 45

AUCKLAND.

Dear Bee, April S. The main event of this week and the end of last has, of course, been THE AUTUMN MEETING OF THE AUCKLAND RACING CLUB AT ELLERSLIE. On Saturday I really began to ask myself if people are beginning to get a little tired of racing, for the crowd on the lawn and on the grandstand was smaller than I ever seem to remember it under similar conditions of weather, the day being perfect. It was, however, very comfortable, there being oceans cf room on the stand, and no chance of having one’s seats jumped if one went for a stroll on the lawn. Moreover, I have seldom seen the lawn, course, and general surroundings looking better. The vivid green of the sward was really beautiful, and the caretaker had the grass in perfect order. The music was good, and the catering above reproach. The luncheon arrangements were particularly good, the menu being liberal and the service excellent. A good number of ladies do not, however, patronise the lunch, and have asked me to suggest that sandwiches "might be placed on the afternoon tea-tables at a small extra charge per head, say 3d. or fid. Cakes, however good, do not satisfy when one is out for all day, and it is not everyone can afford, say, four shillings a head for a meal. Now for some of the dresses. ON THE FIRST DAY I noticed: Mrs. Morrin, handsome royal blue gown richly trimmed with Paris lace medallions, chine ribbon ceinture, and burnt straw hat wreathed with lilac; Miss Morrin, cream serge gown, with old gold corselet belt, pretty blue hat; Mrs. Foster, smart black crepe de chine gown, with yoke and deep cuffs of cream lace, black picture hat; Miss Pearl Clark, pretty pale grey voile, with gauged skirt, cream lace yoke and large black hat; Mrs. Hanna, champagne spotted voile gown, finished with Paris lace, hat en suite; Miss Jackson, dainty grey tucked voile gown, with black hat; Miss Williamson, white cloth coatee and skirt, white and blue vest, large white felt hat with ostrich feathers; Mrs. (Dr.) Reed, elate blue cloth sac coat and skirt, with white facings, burnt straw hat trimmed with berries; Mrs. Abbott (Wellington), striking gown of pink sunray-pleated voile over glace silk, pale pink silk hat, and lovely white tippet and muff; Mrs. Wright, grey tweed Russian coat and skirt, white vest, smart French sailor hat trimmed with brown ribbons and autumn leaves; Miss Atkinson, white spotted muslin froek trimmed with insertion, yellow sash and large black hat; and her sister was in a grey French muslin, with black hat; Mrs. Leo Myers wore a champagne voile toilette with Paris Jace and pale green ribbon trimmings, black hat with green leaves and bird of paradise osprey; Mrs. Lawson, pale green voile costume, with cream net. and lace vest, white hat trimmed with pink roses; Mts. W. Churton, white voile coat and skirt, with white vest, black and white toque; Mrs. Hume, holland costume, with large black hat; Miss Pearl Little, pretty stone grey voile gown, with tucked white yoke, hat cn suite; Miss Mitchel son, green cloth coat and skirt, green felt hat to match; Mrs. Frater, handsome black tucked voile gown, trimmed with black applique and cream lace, black hat; Mrs. Angus Gordon, pretty floral delaine gown with Tuscan hat trimmed with white and crimson spotted ribbon; Miss Corrie, grey and white figured muslin, trimmed ■with bolder of same material, black hat; Miss Gwen Gorric was in a grey spotted delaine gown, made with nnmberless frills, large Hade picture hat; Miss Kenny, dainty white muslin tucked and inlet with wide insertion, black plumed hat lined with white chiffon; Mrs. Roberts, rich black silk gown, handsomely trimmed with black lace, vest and full undersleeves of white silk, pretty black and white toque; Mrs. Robert Dargavilie, grey and white French muslin, trimmed with white lacc, black and white hat; Mrs. Shepherd (Dargaville) black voile skirt with sunray-plcated frill, black silk blouse, trimmed with black applique,'

black plumed hat; Mm. Duthie, dainty cream veils skirt, with pretty wMte silk blouse inlet with ecru lace, smart crimson and eream hat; Miss Olive Snodgrass (Ashburton), navy blue Russian costume, with cream vest, navy blue French sailor hat trimmed with blue and green; Miss Violet Snodgrass wore a green frieze costume with cream vest, and Bretonne hat to match; Mrs. George Dunnett, grey checked tweed costume, with black strappings, pretty black and white toque wreathed with fbrget-me-nots and green leaves; Miss Dunnett, stylish brown cloth costume, finished with Paris lace and pale blue, lovely toque with cluster of shaded geraniums; Miss Percival wore a pretty pale grey voile gown, with cream vest, Tuscan hat trimmed with autumn leaves and moss green velvet; Miss E. Percival was in brown, finisheil with Paris lacc threaded with turquoise blue, cream and blue hat to match; Miss M. Torrance, green linen coat and skirt, cream vest, relieved with pink, Tuscan hat trimmed with dahlia choux of pink and green; Miss Preece, black voile skirt, laced with ribbon, pretty white silk blouse, inserted with lace, pale blue sash and country girl hat, with floral trimmings and pale blue ribbon; Miss Fenton wore a cream voile coatee and skirt, with Paris lace medallions, sea-green silk blouse, with transparent cream lace yoke, large black hat; Misses Kerr-Taylor were dressed alike in holland skirts and pale green blouses, with pale green hats to match; Miss Zoe George looked very pretty in a cream canvas voile coatee and skirt with net and lace vest and deep Paris lace collar, sash of chine ribbon, large •black picture hat with ostrich feathers; Mrs T. Hope Lewis wore a blade velvet gown with collar and revers of white silk spotted with black, black hat with feathers; Miss Lewis was in a pretty pale blue hopsacking Russian gown, cream lace vest and large blade hat; Mrs Markham, cream voile skirt, dainty white silk blouse and black hat with long black ostrich plume; Miss Dignan wore a cream figured muslin frock trimmed with cream insertion, rose pink toque trimmed with cream lace and shaded pink roses; Miss Tolhurst, striking gown of pretty floral silk, trimmed with ecru insertion and narrow pink ribbon, Tuscan hat wreathed with pink poppies and leaves; Mrs Devore, dark grey canvas inlet with bands of black insertion over black glace silk, black sequin toque; Miss Coleman, dainty white tucked silk with turquoise blue chou, white hat trimmed with ostrich feathers; Mrs Jackson (Wellington), striking gown of blue silk voile with wide folded ceinture and trimmings of miroir velvet, cream lace motifs on collar and cream vest, pretty pale green hat with clusters of violets; Miss Lennox, cream voile skirt and white silk and insertion blouse, burnt straw hat; Mrs McDonald, handsome black silk gown with white vest, black bonnet with cluster of pale pink roses; Miss McDonald was in cream voile with motifs of Paris lacc and hat en suite; Miss Want (Sydney), pale grey floral muslin trimmed with border of same material, smart black •hat; Miss Byron Moore (Melbourne) was in a pale champagne-tinted embroidered grass lawn, tussore silk paddock coat, black hat trimmed with tulle and. feathers; Miss Robertson, white tucked voile gown with deep laee collar, black picture hat; Mrs Shai-man, black sunray pleated voiie gown trimmed with Oriental embroidery, large black hat; Mrs Lowrie (Hastings), white embroidered sflk voile gown elaborately gauged and relieved with touches of black, black and white hat; Mrs Alison, beautiful floral silk gown trimmed with lace and white tucked chiffon and narrow velvet ribbon, pretty toque trimmed with clusters of violets and green leaves; Miss Alison, brown doth oostume with brown hat relieved with crimson: Mrs John Neill, black and white canvas over white inlet with wide black insertion, large black hat; Mrs Blair (Melbourne), smart black sunray pleated voile gown over glace silk. pretty blue toque trimmed with black and white; Miss George, very pretty "pale grey crepe de. diine gown over pink, finished with Paris lace, large black hat with, ostrich feathers; Mrs Dr. Scott wore a black voile sac coat and skirt finished with black applique, pink silk blouse and black hat; Mrs Georg* Bloomfield was gowned in pale grey hopsack, with deep laee collar edged with drop ornaments, wide satin ceinture and black picture hat; Mrs E. Horton (nee Griffiths) wore a lovely Idaek crepe de chino with deep yoke outlined 'With black and

white spotted silk, large black plumed hat; Miss Horton wore a pretty grey Russian costume with stitched bands, grey hat swathed with velvet of a darker shade; Miss Kathleen Thompson, heliotrope coatee and skirt relieved with black, cream vest, pretty Tkiaran hat trimmed with green; Mrs Ernest Bloomfield wore a lovely goWn of pink silk muslin with Victorian yoke of Paris lace, wide silk ceinture and black hat; Mrs Cotter, beautifully fitting gown of royal blue voile richly embellished with Oriental embroidery and Paris lacc, smart blue toque to match; Miss Cotter wore a pretty pale pink silk frock shirred and inserted with Paris lace, chine silk sash and pink hat to correspond; Miss W. Cotter was in turquoise blue crepe de chine, inserted with corn lae<*, large black hat; Mrs Davy, black silk voile gown with black silk'mantle, black bonnet relieved with white; Miss Davy, blue and white floral muslin froek with blue ceintura and black hat trimmed with blue; Mrs Jones, black silk gown and black hat. THE SECOND DAY. The weather was not nearly so pleasant on the second day, the sky being overcast, and a rather nasty wind blowing. Mrs. Lowrie (Hastings), very fine blaek and white spotted net over pale pink, large blaek hat; Mrs. T. Hope Lewis, black voile gown, trimmed with blaek lace medallions, smart crimson toque; Miss Lewis, cream sunray pleated voile gown, with white silk and insertion blouse, pretty red hat; Mrs. J. R. Reed, navy blue erepe de chine gown, with black hat; Miss Thorpe, pretty cream voile eoatee and skirt, white tucked chiffon vest, relieved with yellow, black hat; Miss — Thorpe, cream serge costume, with Brussels net and laee vest, wide satin ceinture, cream and brown hat; Mrs. McLaughlin, stylish Royal blue silk gown, with wide accor-

dicm-pleated frill and faggotted aoau, cream vest, and black and cream toque; Mrs- Marshall, cream Limerick robe over yellow glace silk, with black and yeftow toque; Mrs. Thornton (Cambridge), dainty white Swiss muslin gown, inlet with bands of white insertion, white bat, trimmed with white tuMe choux; Mrs. Worsp, blaek crepe de ehine, with deep yoke of Paris laee, blaek and eretun toque; Miss Worsp wore a pretty cream voile, with faggotted seams and large black hat;'Miss H. Worsp, green shirred voile gown, with eream vest and cream hut; Mrs. Denniston, black Louisine silk gown over white, with faggotted seams and lace yoke, black hat; Miss Denniston, cream voile skirt, with white silk blouse, pretty blue hat: Miss De Camp, blaek costume: Mrs. Cotter, smart cloth gown, with velvet strappings and black applique insertions, black toque to match; Miss Cotter, Royal blue cloth coat and skirt, piped with plaid silk, ci earn vest, and red French sailor hat; Miss W. Cotter wore a very pretty reseda green flecked tweed, with Victorian ■yoke of Paris lac", finished with pale blue medallions and deep fringe, hat en suite; Mrs. Morrin, Royal blue canvas voile gown over glace silk, handsomely trimmed with laee motifs, chine silk ceinture, and black hat, wreathed with heliotrope; Miss Morrin, pink linen Russian costume, with white vest, pale blue hat, trimmed with shaded clover blossoms; Mrs. Walker, handsome black gown, with black plumed hat; Miss Zoe George wore a cream voilo eoatee costume, Tuscan hat, floral crown; Miss Ida Thompson, navy blue and white striped cloth gown, with blue braided strappings, white hat, trimmed with wings and ribbon; Miss Nellie Waller, cream voile, trimmed with beautiful cream lace, black hat; Miss Williamson, pale green hopsacking coat and skirt, with white vest, large white picture hat: Mrs. Cyril Bull, cream silk voile, inlet

with ecru insertion, shaded toque; Miss Vera Bell, Royal blue voile, with wide sun-ray pleated frill, elaborately trimmed with Paris lace, hat to match; Mrs Sharman, cornflower blue cloth gown with wide insertions of Paris lace, and velvet of deeper shade, cream yoke, and pretty hat trimmed with cornflowers; Mrs Savage was in black crepe de chine, with deep lace collar, brown furs and pretty black hat; Mias Kathleen Hill, blue cloth coat and skirt, with white muslin and insertion blouse, hat to match; Miss Muriel Dawson wore a cream voile coatee and skirt, with beautiful lace applique yoke, black hat; Mrs Rees, white linen sac coat and skirt, with black hat.; Mrs Thornton Jackson, cream hopsack coat, with cream insertion, cream vest and wide white satin folded belt, large black hat; Mrs Black, cream voile costume with Paris lace encrustations, wide satin corselet belt, black plumed hat; Misses Macfarlane both wore pretty white muslin frocks with large black hat and brown furs; Mrs Goodhue, blue and white figured foulard gown, black toque with pink roses; Mrs Smith, royal blue and white figured silk costume with smart toque to correspond; Miss Trite Smith, pale grey crash coatee and skirt with white tucked muslin blouse, pretty grey hat to match; Mrs Anserine was gowned in black voile with black hat trimmed with ostrich feathers; Airs Duthie, very pretty gown of navy blue voile finished with Paris lace and touches of pale green, large black hat; Mrs Holmes, white cloth gown with stitched bands of same material, blue French sailor hut trimmed with chine ribbon and wings; Mrs Mill, pale grey voile skirt, grey muslin blouse inlet with lace, black hat; Miss Witchell, black voile coatee and skirt, with black silk blouse, large black hat; Mrs Marry Marsack, cream voile skirt, with dainty white blouse, green ceinture and pretty green and white hat; Mrs Bamford, handsome black moire skirt, with eream blouse, black toque; Mrs Wallace Lawson, black voile skirt, pink tucked silk blouse with Paris lace yoke, pink hat trimmed with roses and autumn leaves; Mrs Fred Ballin, black crepe de thine gown with smart green toque; and her sister wore a blue coat and skirt and white hat; Miss Isaacs, blue and white spotted delaine, shirred and trimmed with cream lace, hat to correspond; Miss Myers, cream cloth coatee and skirt, faced with black and white spotted eilk, cream vest, and large white hat; Miss Cameron, dainty white tucked muslin frock inserted with laee, pale green ceinture, and white hat; Mrs Kerr-Tay-lor wore a navy blue cloth costume with white vest, hat to match; Miss KerrTaylor, pale green and white gown, with hat to correspond; Miss Banks, cream embroidered muslin frock. ‘"Country Girl" hat wreathed with pink roses, white ostrich feather boa; Mrs Cheeseman, grey skirt with pretty pink blouse, cream silk paddock coat, shaded pink toque; Miss Byron Moore (Melbourne), champagne tinted canvas skirt trimmed with narrow black velvet ribbon, floral silk blouse and pretty black and white hat; Miss Robertson, blaek crepe de chine gown, relieved with Paris lace, large black picture hat; Mrs Henry Nolan, blaek silk voile gown trimmed with blaek applique, pretty heliotrope and pink toque;

Mrs. Bodie, pale blue frieze gown, inlet with Pans-coloured insertion, hat en suite; Mrs. Ranson, pale blue and black figured silk gown, with cream applique, pretty black and white chiffon toque, relieved with pale blue; Miss Edith Percival, black cloth gown, with blue and cream hat; Miss Eva Percival, white tucked muslin skirt, pretty white silk blouse, with twine-coloured lace yoke, burnt straw hat, trimmed with autumn leaves; Miss Ida Percival. pretty heliotrope tucked gown, with wide silk licit, white hat; Miss Dunnctt, beautifully fitting black gown, with Oriental insertion and blue eeinture, smart black hat; Mrs. R. B. Lusk, cornflower blue cloth gown, with cream belt and cream net and laee collar, black plumed hat and brown furs; Mrs. Alison, very handsome shaded brocaded silk gown, with deep cape collar of Paris lace, pretty green and violet toque; Mrs. Devore, dark grey frieze cloth gown, with pretty black and white bonnet, finished with violets; Miss Muriel Martin, dainty pale grey Russian coat and skirt, white vest, blaek hat; Miss Ailie Young, white hailshower muslin frock, with crimson sash and small crimson hat; Miss Smith (Sydney), Royal blue cloth coat and skirt, with cream Maltese lace vest and large black hat; Mrs. Bridson, smart black costume, relieved with ecru lace, lovely deep geranium pink floral teque; Miss Gordon, pretty heliotrope silk costume, with deep accordion-pleated frill, dark green and cream picture hat; Mrs. Hume, brown frieze coat and skirt, crimson hat trimmed with crimson berries; Miss Marjory Towle wore a pretty cream tucked voile gown, with block velvet ribbon sash, and large black picture hat; Mrs. Arthur Nathan, handsome blaek gown, with cream laee yoke and deep glace silk collar, black and cream toque; Mrs. L. D. Nathan, beautiful black and white figured satin foulard, with white hat trimmed with black and white ostrich feathers; Mrs. Myers (England), cream sunray pleated voile gown, trimmed with beautiful cream applique, burnt straw hat wreathed with pink roses, beautiful ostrich feather boa; Mrs. C'arminer, smart gown of tucked champagne voile, finished with Paris lace, large burnt straw hat, trimmed with black tulle and black ostrich feathers; Miss McLeod, striking gown of olive green figured velvet, with embroidered belt and cuffs, picture hat with shaded ostrich feathers and lovely sable furs; Mrs. Donald, beautiful pale grey figured silk with white vest, and grey toque to match; Miss Donald wore a pretty white cloth coat and skirt, with laee medallions outlined with turquoise blue ceinture of same shade, and large white and blue hat; Mrs. Benjamin, grey tucked canvas voile, with deep yoke of Paris lace, black and cream toque; Mrs. Harry Keesing, black silk gown, finished with cream lace medallions, cream vest and black and cream toque; Mrs. Barry Keesing, navy blue cloth Russian coat and skirt, with Oriental insertion trimmings, cream vest, and smart blue toque to match; Airs. McLeod, dark blue cloth sac coat and skirt, white blouse and black plumed hat; Mrs. Dacre, very pretty gown of cream tucked voile, with cream yak lace hip yoke and collar, lace vest, and large white picture hat with white

feathers; Mias Harper, black skirt, pretty white tucked eilk Mouse, and white hat trimmed with white satin ribbon; Miss Marks, grey tucked canvas voile gown, with ‘white' yoke, large black hat with ostrich feathers; Mrs Wright, black voile gown with yoke of cream lace, relieved with turquoise blue, black hat; Mrs Southey-Baker (Taranaki), blue cloth gown with deep collar and folded belt of navy blue glace silk, cream vest, blue hat to match; Miss Lloyd wore royal blue crepe dechine trimmed with eream lace and blue fringe, fawn hat with sprays of violets; Mrs Dignan, very' pale blue gown, trimmed with blaek velvet, pink floral toque; Miss Tolhurst, pretty pale blue crepe de chine, with deep collar and vest of Paris lace and net, chine silk sash and blue hat to match; Miss George, champagne canvas voile gown, with Paris lace motifs, choice ribbon sash, and black hat; Miss Ivy Walker, pale blue foulard with white vest and cream insertion, green belt and large white hat; Miss Norah Walker, black voile skirt, pretty black and white spotted silk blouse with faggotted yoke, large black hat; Mrs Abbott (Wellington), very noticeable gown of crimson cloth, with folded belt and large crimson hat trimmed with black feathers; Mrs George Bloomfield, black glazed crepe de chine with deep yoke of figured chiffon, white hat trimmed with black; Mrs E. Horton, cream hopsack costume with wide black velvet corselet belt, Mack hat; Miss Kenny, black voile gown with cream yoke, black picture hat; Mrs Blair (Melbourne), grey tweed coat and skirt with bands of green stitchery, eream vest, and pretty blue toque trimmed with black and white; Mrs Phillips, navy blue cloth sac coat and skirt, white blouse and black hat; Mrs John Reed, black costume with black toque; Miss Myra Reed, navy blue cloth coatee and skirt, with white facings and velvet bands, white hat trimmed with black and white; Airs Ernest Bloomfield, dark grey cloth coat and skirt, with cream vest, purple velvet hat trimmed with pink; Miss Wautt, white cloth gown, white hat trimmed with shaded poppies; Miss Gorrle. dark grey tailor-made gown, white vest, black plumed hat; Aliss Nora Gorrie, dark red cloth coat and skirt, with cream vest, hat en suite; Miss Gwen Gorrie, grey tweed coat and skirt, white vest, crimson ceinture and hat; Airs Hanna, navy blue piped with green, cream vest and black hat; Aliss Shephard black voile coatee and skirt finished with black applique, cream vest relieved with yellow, black toque. ,

PHYLLIS BROUN.