Those Booth Horses Again -

[Rick Smith]

Bill,

Thanks for the question.

In Blue & Gray Magazine; Volume VII, Issue 5, June 1990, Mike Kauffman writes about some of this in his article regarding Booth's broken leg. He says that Dr. Mudd stated that Booth's trousers were muddy and that Thomas Davis states to detectives that the mare had a swollen left {near side} shoulder and a fresh cut on her left leg. I misspoke regarding the cut on her shoulder. Mike also says that David Herold mentioned that he came upon Booth in the road and that his horse had fallen. I cannot remember where I saw the reference to the mare & Booth being muddy. Mike also mentions in his article that Booth told Lloyd that his horse had fallen on the road. I guess I may have conjectured on the muddy horse due to the weather conditions and the conditions of the roads since it had been a very cool, wet Spring.

If Bill Richter would chime in I think he would be able to elaborate on this. He keeps voluminous files with all sorts of great things in them.

I hope this helps.

Rick