Breaking a leg

[BettyO]

Laurie says: "Next question: Which horse would Booth have been riding when his injury supposedly occurred? We know that he was riding the spirited bay mare when he left Ford's, however, he's on the other horse when he arrives at Surrattsville, and that is the horse that was tended to at Mudd's and supposedly injured. Therefore, one must assume that Booth had already changed horses before "the fall" came in order for the large horse to be injured. That would have made the wound to the horse fairly fresh and more noticeable to Lloyd, I would think."


Booth would more or less have been riding the bay mare, I would think. She was jittery, flighty and high strung. Herold's roan, Charley, was a "lady's horse" and therefore much quieter, which was probably why they traded horses somewhere along the road before reaching Surratt House. A roan horse can look gray at night.

Davey's roan, Charley had an "injured" shoulder, according to Fletcher who stated that the wound was from a sidesaddle rubbing his shoulder - NOT from an obvious fall..... see Fletcher's testimony, "The Evidence"