Those Booth Horses Again -

[Rick Smith]

At the very least, we do know that Booth rode approximately 15 miles on the first stage of his escape, from Ford's to Surratt's, and did that in 1 hour & 40 minutes, or there about. Even for a rider in good physical condition, this would be a quite a feat, since the average rate of speed on horseback {walk 4 mi. per hr, trot 8 mi. per hr. & canter or hand gallop 12 mi. per hr} is 8 miles per hour and considering he made the ride in the dark on roads that were most likely muddy.