Arthur Henry Eastwood (12 July 1905 – 8 November 1934) was a New Zealand

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and rowing coxswain who competed at the

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Early life and family

Born in the Christchurch suburb of

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, Eastwood was the son of Edward Eastwood and Emma Eastwood (née Suter), the daughter of

Henry Suter Henry Suter (born Hans Heinrich Suter, 9 March 1841 – 31 July 1918) was a Swiss-born New Zealand zoologist, naturalist, palaeontologist, and malacologist. Biography Henry Suter was born on 9 March 1841 in Riesbach, Zurich, Switzerland, and ...

. He married Hilda Elizabeth Pickett in 1928, and the couple had two children.

Rowing

Eastwood was coxswain of the New Zealand rowing eight that toured Australia in 1925. In 1930 he coxed the New Zealand coxed four team that won the gold medal in the British Empire Games in Hamilton, and the men's eight that earned a silver medal at the same Games.

Horse racing

Eastwood became a jockey following the success of his brother, Clifford Edward Eastwood, as a leading New Zealand apprentice jockey. Based at Riccarton, Arthur Eastwood went on to become a leading jockey in his own right, winning two

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s, the

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, and the New Zealand Oaks. He was first past the post in the 1930

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riding Gay Crest, but was subsequently relegated to second behind Motere because of interference near the end of the race. Eastwood died at

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on 8 November 1934, as a result of injuries sustained the previous day when the horse that he was riding in a race at Riccarton fell and rolled on top of him.

References

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