Breaking a leg

[L Verge]

Nope. I'm making all of you horsey fall people stay after school and clean erasers and chalk boards!

I think it's possible that the horse may have tripped somewhere along the route to Surrattsville because I tend to trust Davey's report of having to help Booth back onto the other horse. OR, they may have had to switch horses because Booth's frisky one was really aggravating his leg.

I also grew up on Southern Maryland roads in the 1950s that still had no shoulders to them, and bushes would swipe the sides of our cars if we came too close to the outside of the asphalt. I can see where a low-hanging limb could inflict a wound. I can also see where Booth's obvious pain and shifting in the saddle might cause the horse to have an unsteady gait and trip.

I am not totally ruling out the horse falling. I'm doubting that it caused the broken leg.

Jerry, as you know, I will never agree with you on Booth not wanting to go south. Therefore, no comment...