HOLIDAY CROWDS

Evening Post, Volume CXXVII, Issue 1, 3 January 1939, Page 14

HOLIDAY CROWDS

TAUHERENIKAU RACES

NEW ZEALAND'S "GOOD-

WOOD"

Picturesque Tauherenikau never looked more attractive than on Saturday, the first day of the South Wairarapa Racing Club's summer meeting. It was a real midsummer day, brilliant sunshine being tempered by a light westerly breeze. Year after year the meeting attracts s a bigger attendance, and Saturday anct^ yesterday proved no exceptions The crowd of holiday racegoers who flocked to the course included many Wairarapa folk, a very large contingent from Wellington, and followers of racing from all parts of the country.

The winding approach through sundappled bush and jeautiful native trees, reminiscent of "wooded Goodwood," led to lawn and enclosures where many charming vistas were a delight to the eye. Tall English oaks, sycamores, and chestnuts framed formal beds of flaunting petunias and phlox in a setting of emerald. Hydrangeas and colourful fuchsias bordered the tea-kiosk. One of the most delightful glimpses was that seen across the water-lily pond, the further bank j being fringed with purple and mauve Japanese irises backed with a wall of ice-blue hydrangeas.COOL FROCKING. Summer sunshine had brought out a host of pretty frocks and shady hats. Rustic coolie straws, demure Victorian crinoline bonnets, and widebrimmed Breton sailors provided a diversity of millinery styles. Veils, swathed and chin-tip length were a feature of the more formal dressing and a number of sqUare-crowned hats made their appearance in panama and lightweight tailored felts. Linen tweeds and featherweight woollen suits were popular wear, especially in lupin blue and in dusky pink, while many of the frocks in sheer materials showed contrasting braid, or peasant embroidery at the neckline, on patch pockets and round the hem-line. One of the smartest ensembles worn was in dahlia red with a conical-shaped medieval hat of matching shade finished with a wimple. Another frock of black blistered crepe was embossed with an effective design of scarlet crescents and worn with a glossy pixie halo.'. Among several attractive cloud and misty blue shades, a soft dove grey, frock and hat struck a cool note, the frock being finished with a petunia sash in georgette and the hat swathed with the same material. WOODLAND SETTING. Picnic lunches and alfresco teas were enjoyed round the hundreds of cars parked in the cool recesses of the shady native bush. After the scorching brilliance of the oval and the wide, sunny landscape stretching beyond the soft light filtering through the beech forest and'the carpet of ferns beneath made a cool and delightful retreat. Sturdy green painted tables were scattered about at intervals for the convenience of patrons .and a constant stream of callers at the depot for fresh hot water gave ample proof of the thirsty weather. Those present included Mr. John Card (president), Miss Card and Miss Eva Card, Mrs. W. Card, Mr. and Mrs. Eric .Riddiford, Mr. and Mrs. JHoward Booth, Mr. and Mrs. Oram Beetham, Sir Michael Myers, the Hon. W. Perry, the Hon. F. Jones, Mr. and Mrs. D. H. S. Riddiford and Miss Rosamund Riddiford, Mr. and Mrs. A. Campbell Pearce, Mr. and Mrs. R. N. Barton, Mr. and Mrs. D. Cameron, Mr. and Mrs. D. C. Collins and Miss Suzanne Collins, Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Nix and the Misses Nix, Mr. and Mrs. Trevor Tully, Dr. and Mrs. G. Sharp, Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Martin, Mr. and Mrs. E. D. Martin, Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Thompson, Mr. and Mrs. N. C. C. Shepherd and Miss Norma Shepherd, Mr. and Mrs. J. Elworthy (Timaru), Dr. and Mrs. Prendergast Knight, Mrs. Archer Hosking and Miss Josie Hosking, Mr. and Mrs. J. Donald, Mrs. Alan Balfour, Miss Margaret Pearce, Mr. Ken Puncan, Mr. and Mrs. H. Lawson, Mrs. Murray Benjamin (Auckland), Mr. and Mrs. Algar Williams, Miss Boyle, Mr. and Mrs. Guy Brandon, Miss Kirsty Cameron, Miss Noel Booth, Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Holmes, Miss C. Martin, Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Ritchie, Mrs. A. M. Rutherford, Miss V. Hutchison, Mrs. E. Burch, Mrs. A. M. Goodman, Mr. and Mrs. Rewi Cundy, Mr. and Mrs. P. G. Clark, Mr.- and Mrs. B. Feast and Miss Feast, Mrs. E. J. Wickens, Dr. and Mrs. J. M. Coutts. Mr. and Mrs. Peter Pearce. Dr. and Mrs. Litchfield, Mrs. W. McDonald (Dunedin), Mr. and Mrs. W. Levin, Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Holderness (Hawke's Bay), Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Moroney, Miss Joyce, Mr. Len Ward (Palmerston North), Mr. and Mrs. R. Brewer, Mrs. F. C. Bunny, Mrs. L. Meredith, Miss Sheila Meredith. Miss Higginson, Miss M. Collins, Mr. and Mrs. D. C. Peacock, Mrs. Brian Kingston (Auckland). Mrs. Peter Barr (Dunedin), Mr. and Mrs. C. Levin, Mr. Walter Blundell, Miss Doris Bray, Mr. and Mrs. H. B. Gordon, Dr. and Mrs. F. E. Bolt, Mrs. E. J. Boyd Wilson, Dr. and Mrs. A. Norman-Jones and Miss Gwenda Norman-Jones. Mrs. N. B. Gibbons, Miss Beth Gibbons. Miss Agatha Bunny, Mr. and Mrs. A. Broderick. Mrs. Ballinger, Mrs. A. M. Haldane, Mr. and Mrs. Neil Blundell. Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Souter, Mr. A. Duncan, Mr. and Mrs. S. Rod, Mr. and Mrs. P. Dunbar, Mr. and Mrs. B. L. Hammond, Mr. and Mrs. J. Fraser, Mr. and Mrs. R. Gordon, Mr. and Mrs. F. Brace, Mr. and Mrs. A. Foster. Mrs. Noel Nelson, Mr. and Mrs. Ray Brown, Dr. and Mrs. Edwin Wolff and Miss Wolff, Mr. and Mrs. J. N. Millard, Mr. R. Millard, Mr. and Mrs. Te Whiti Love, Mr. J. Crawford, Mr. and Mrs. A W. Welstead, Mrs. R. V. Brown, Miss M. Richards, Mrs. P. Thompson and the Misses Rita and Thelma Thompson, Mrs. F. Wells, Miss B. Mackie (Sydney), Mr. and Mrs. V. A. Draper, Mr. and Mrs. Robinson, Miss Gambrill, Mr. P. P. O'Brien, Mr. and Mrs. L. Richardson, and Mr. D. White.