Breaking a leg

[Gene C]

John, you make some excellent points, and I'm not disagreeing with you, however....

I've known people who have fallen off, been thrown off, or had a horse fall on them. In the ones I have known, they have either had very minor injuries, like bruses and scrapes, or very serious injuries, broken ribs, pelvis, internal bleeding.
(I'm not a doctor, but I have stayed at a Holiday Inn Express) If Booth fell or was thrown by a horse running and falling in the dark, he was real, real, real lucky that he only broke his leg. (especially if the horse fell on him) I think it would have been a much more serious break. And based on comments about the horse being "restive", IMO the horse most likely would have run away after the accident instead of hanging around. (unless the horse was seriusly stunned by the fall, or Booth was able to stay in the sadle-not likely) Horses are "skittish" animals.

Was there any mention of the horse being "lame" before they got to Mudd's? That could also account for why it took so long to go from Surratt's Tavern to Mudd's.
For me the discusion can go either way.