Those Booth Horses Again -

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(04-13-2014 12:11 PM)L Verge Wrote:  I am assuming that Booth's coat and slacks and boots would have been in similar shape, if he had been thrown to the ground and rolled on by a horse. If so, Mrs. Mudd had a mess on her nice sofa, across her ingrain carpet (if they had such carpet), and down her upstairs hall to the front bedroom.

Reviewing Dr Mudd's statements today I may have a possible explanation.

Dr. Mudd said he brought Booth into the house and laid him on the sofa until he got a light in order to take him upstairs. So it was dark at the time.

As far as the mud on Booth's clothes, Mudd only mentions this in one of his statements and characterizes it as being muddy from riding (not falling off a horse) as though Booth was splattered with mud from the ride (possibly behind Herold horse both riding at a gallop)