Harry Cogswell Lydiard

1848 - 1926  (78 years)

• Name	Harry Cogswell Lydiard  [1]
  Birth	14 Jan 1848	Charlottetown, PEI   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Note	!He and some of his siblings were raised by his uncle Lemuel Morton, a Halifax book-store owner and Lydia's brother. The Mortons could well afford such charity, being quite successful from farming, chiefly as apple orchardists, and were also large landowners in and around Halifax. Henry inherited the bulk of Lemuel Morton estate in his mid 20's. Spent life breeding and racing trotters, including 'Border'. He used to take his sulky, horse and a bag of feed and head down to races in the states. Arriving all covered in dust, he would enter the race and many would wonder what the 'old hayseed' was doing there. After the race they knew, he usually own. Henry died on Labour Day in Aylesford at the age of 78, doing what he like best racing his trotter 'Briar Mac'. Except from newspaper; 'When Lydiard suddenly threw up his hands and fell to the fround, Briar Mac had just passed Torpedo Lady, hesitating only for a fraction of a second,the horse swept on in a beautiful stride. John MacGregor was ahead of Briar Mac, but the latter, with reins dragging, pulled up along side and passed him, then levelled away for the lead horse, Aubrey the Great, while the spectators watched with awe. It seems that this horse was being driven by invisible hands. Aubrey the Great passed under the wire a length ahead of Briar Mac'. the track in mid-race, horse came second.
  Reference	Lyd 121
  Death	6 Sep 1926	Aylesford, Nova Scotia   [1]
  Person ID	I17987	HHTT
  Last Modified	1 Jul 2022

  
  

  Father	Edward Langley Lydiard,   b. 25 Apr 1811, Halifax, Nova Scotia d. 2 Jan 1892, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, -USA (Age 80 years)
  Mother	Lydia Morton,   b. 23 May 1815, Cornwallis, Nova Scotia d. 6 Nov 1856, Charlottetown, PEI (Age 41 years)
  Marriage	19 Sep 1839	Nova Scotia   [1]
  Family ID	F4567	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S118] Lorinda Stover Steadman 'Lori' (Reliability: 1).