The Rowe Family

  Noted events in his life were:

• He attended school at Waihou on 12 Mar 1894 in Waihou, Waikato, New Zealand. Register Number 170
Last Day 10 Feb 1880
Last School Managere Bridge
Parent/Guardian George Fletcher

• He worked as a Farmer in Waihou, Waikato, New Zealand. Noted in the NZ Gazette 1917; Page 1914

• Gazette Entry: NZ Gazette, in 1917, in Waihou, Waikato, New Zealand. Military Call Up; Page 1914

• He trained /owned the horse Lou Rosa in 1937 in Waihou, Waikato, New Zealand. Lou Rosa br.c. 1937
Gay Shield - Lucy Rose
Good juvenile and three-year-old, later developing into a consistently tough stayer and weight-carrier that ran to age eight. He was overshadowed by the great Kindergarten early in his career. He was bred and raced by Arthur Lennard at Waihou, near Te Aroha. His fourth dam, Vieux Rose (1888, by Hippocampus) had been bred by William Walters and purchased by Mrs John Lennard, for when she won her first race. Her daughters, all bred by the Lennards, continued the family line; Lou Rosa's dam, Lucy Rose (1925, by Lucullus), won some races. Lou Rosa won three races as a juvenile, including the ARC Great Northern Foal Sakes. At age three he won several open handicaps, and was second to Kindergarten by ¾ of a length in the Great Northern Derby, and a heart-breaking second to the Kindergarten in the Northern St. Leger by a short neck. At age four he won the ARC Clifford Plate, the Clifford Plate a second time, and the ARC Mitchelson Cup with the high weight of 9 st.-4 lb; he also ran second in the Auckland Cup that year, beaten by Kindergarten (who won in record time). At age six he was third in the Auckland Cup. At ages seven and eight he won the ARC Mitchelson Cup and the ARC Presidents Handicap, both with heavy weight, and the Avondale King George Handicap, carrying 9 st.-10 lb. His half-brother, the gelded Mr. Rosa (1940, by Foxbridge), won the ARC Alison Cup among other races.

• He trained /owned the horse Lou Rosa circa 1940 in Waihou, Waikato, New Zealand. Lou Rosa was bred at Waihou, near Te Aroha, by Arthur Lennard and was from a family which had carried the Lennard maroon and gold hoops as far back as 1891, when Lou Rosa's fourth dam, Vieux Rose, won her first race in the colours of Mrs J. Lennard. Lou Rosa's dam Lucy Rose, a good racemare, was by Lucullus from Autumn Rose, by Soult from Alba Rose, by Seaton Delaval. These sire names were famous at Wellington Park, where the next dam, Vieux Rose, was bred by William Walters in 1883. Vieux Rose was by Hippocampus from Rosarina, by Traducer from Yatterina. The line was thus from the earliest days of New Zealand racing, for Yatterina was imported by William Walters from Australia in 1870 and proved the best and hardiest racemare of that decade, as well as one of the best broodmares of the next.

Lou Rosa was a worthy descendant of a genuine and hardy family. He won three races at two years, including the ARC Great Northern Foal Stakes and Royal Stakes, tried hard to match the matchless Kindergarten at three and won four open handicaps at other stages of the season, numbered the ARC Clifford Plate among his wins at four, the ARC Handicap, Clifford Plate and Franklin Cup at five, the ARC Mitchelson Cup (with 9st 41b) and ARC Presidents Handicap (with 9st 31b) at seven, and the Avondale King George Handicap under the burden of 9st 101b as an eight-year-old.

Pinfire (1891), Wairiki (1903), Santa Rosa (1911), Waimangu (1910) and Te Kara (1923 &1924) were Auckland Cup winners from this family; Lou Rosa was third in the country's now richest handicap in 1941, second the next year, third again in 1943 and ran third and fourth in Wellington Cups as well. His Auckland Cup third in 1941 was behind Piastre and Beau Leon. His second, as a five-year-old in 1942, was the second time he had met Kindergarten since their hard battle in the Great Northern St Leger as three-year-olds.

• He had an estate probated on 22 Dec 1941 in Hamilton, Waikato, New Zealand. Archives Number BCDG 4420 5194/41
Probate Number 5194/41

• He is mentioned in Tapestry of Turf book in Te Aroha, Waikato, New Zealand which was published in 1988.

• He served in the military South African War, 1899-1902. Serial number 3247

Arthur married Emily May KING, daughter of Joseph KING and Mary PIPER, on 8 Jun 1916 in Auckland City, Auckland, New Zealand. (Emily May KING was born on 6 Mar 1886 in Auckland City, Auckland, New Zealand, died on 3 Aug 1975 in Te Aroha, Waikato, New Zealand and was buried in Te Aroha, Waikato, New Zealand.)