AUTUMN MEETING ENDS

Dominion, Volume 32, Issue 149, 20 March 1939, Page 4

AUTUMN MEETING ENDS

Fashion Highlights Shown At Trentham A perfect day, windless, with hot sunshine, and blue skies, drew hundreds of racing enthusiasts to Trentham on Saturday, where eieiy stand and all accommodation was taxed to the limit of its seating capacity. The good fortune which the 11 ellington Racing Club usually enjoys with the weather agin prevailed and bj midday Irge crown was thronging the lawns t 0 witness the second and final dav of the autumn meeting. The cool shade of the tree-dotted gardens and grassy expanses were delightfully refreshing to many people between races. Something of a picnic atmosphere was lent to the scene by groups resting on the grass in shady places. In the bright sunshine the plots and borders full of late summer flowers made lines of vivid colour round the deep green of the surrounding grass and this floral note was carried out indoors as well.. Scarlet and gold in the cocktail lounge and flame, blue and red blooms in the stewards’ luncheon room struck a festive note which echoed the brilliant scene outside. Feminine modes were up to the minute in styles, many favouring the autumn trend and almost the same number well cut summer clothes and small hats quite in keeping with the still warmth of the day. Black, in filmy materials and in light autumn jersey crepes, crepomat and cord alpaca, was even more worn than on Thursday. Verymany of the older women wore this colour with distinction and younger women and girls presented a wellgroomed appearance also wearing this shade. Elaborate Hats.

Black hats, most effective where no other colour was introduced on them, were elaborate expressions of the new fashion angle and were either veiled gracefully or else relied on design for their chic. The introduction of feathers was a pleasing feature. The long single pheasant variety on woodland green or brown hats combined well with light wool suitings. Ostrich plumes introduced at a romantic angle onto diminutive autumn hats gave elegant grace to women’s heads. The new austrian fur felts, some with touches of persion lamb on the crown and some with cascades of veiling swathing bumper brims, were in evidence. Though coats were in the minority, there were indications of what the most popular styles would be. Several of the recently introduced versions of the stroller, bolero and short reefercoat with squared shoulders were worn and looked well in soft shadings carried out in crofter’s and moorland tweeds. Elaborate .furs with both heavy and light frocks were to be seen on all sides and fur capes were carried quite frequently “just in ease the weather changes.” Navy and black sheers and dull pink boucles and biege and greeny blues were most popular choices for coloured 'silk frocks. Sometimes an edge to edge coat would be added, in manycases with full-length bands of soft matching fur on sleeves or front lapels. The new season’s calours thunder and teal blue, dahlia and crysant, wood green and copper brown all had a following either in hat, frock or two-piece suit. Luncheon Guests. .Mrs. Erie Riddiford, wife of the president, wore a suit of pale olive green with brown hat. Mr. and Mrs. Riddiford’s guests at luncheon were Sir Harry and Lady- Batterbee, Lieut. Lombard Hobson, Major R. G. G. Byron, Miss Biggar, Mr. Boyd Shannon, Group Captain H. W. L. and .Mrs. Saunders, Mr. A. S. Elworthy, Mr. IV. A. White. Mr. and Mrs. G. R. Macdonald, Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Rhind, Mr. and Mrs. T. H. Lowry, Mr. and Mrs. G. D. Beatson, Mr and Mrs. W. 11. Gaisford, Mr. and Mrs. T. Duncan, Mr. and Mrs. G. M. Currie, Mr. and Mrs. W. Howard Booth, Mr and Mrs. W. McA. Duncan, Mr. J. W. Card and Miss Card, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Newman, Mrs. J. Lowry, Mrs. V. Ridiford. At the Ministerial table there were seats reserved for the Hon. D. G. and Mrs. Sullivan, the Hon. H. G. R. and Mrs. Mason, the Hon. H. T. and Mrs. Armstrong, the Hon. R. and Mrs. Semple, the Hon. W. E. and Mrs. Parry, the Hon. P. C. Webb, the Hon. F. and Mrs. Jones, the Hon. AV. and Mrs. Lee Martin, the Hon. F. and Mrs. Langstone, the Hon. Mark Fagan.