Those Booth Horses Again -

[JMadonna]

Makes sense since we don't know what parts of Booth's ride were in the rain or what parts of the road were muddy. Heck we don't even know if he fell off his horse or not, although that's what he TOLD Mudd but not what he WROTE in his "diary". We all know the written word is more sacred than the spoken. Therefore he must have lied to Mudd and wrote the truth for future generations.