Booth's Horse Fell....

[BettyO]

I have to agree with Laurie and John in this....I had never read in any newspaper (and I have hundreds upon hundreds I've collected over 40 years....)

Unless, as he wrote in the diary, "in jumping, broke my leg", he meant that he attempted to jump the mare over a fence, ditch, etc....which, seems unlikely as he was riding the roads, not over cross-country -

Thanks, John.