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He was hardly halfway across the stony field when one of the horse's shoes flew off . The horse was lamed on a rock . Then another shoe came off . The horse stumbled , and his rider was thrown heavily to the ground . Before the king could rise , his frightened horse , although lame , had galloped away . The king looked , and saw that his soldiers were beaten , and that the battle was everywhere going against him . He waved his sword in the air . He shouted , " A horse ! A horse ! My kingdom for a horse . " But there was no horse for him . His soldiers were intent on saving themselves . They could not give him any help . The battle was lost . King Richard was lost . Henry became king of England . " For the want of a nail the shoe was lost ; For the want of a shoe the horse was lost ; For the want of a horse the battle was lost ; For the failure of battle the kingdom was lost ; — And all for the want of a horseshoe nail . " Richard the Third was one of England's worst kings . Henry , the Duke of Richmond , made war upon him and defeated him in a great battle . THE LANDLORD'S MISTAKE When John Adams was president and Thomas Jefferson was vice president of the United States , there was not a railroad in all the world . People did not travel very much . There were no broad , smooth highways as there are now . The roads were crooked and muddy and rough . If a man was obliged to go from one city to another , he often rode on horseback . Instead of a trunk for his clothing , he carried a pair of saddlebags . Instead of sitting at his ease in a parlor car , he went jolting along through mud and mire , exposed to wind and weather . One day some men were sitting by the door of a hotel in Baltimore . As they looked down the street they saw a horseman coming . He was riding very slowly , and both he and his horse were bespattered with mud . " There comes old Farmer Mossback , " said one of the men , laughing . " He's just in from the backwoods . " " He seems to have had a hard time of it , " said another ; " I wonder where he'll put up for the night . " " Oh , any kind of a place will suit him , " answered the landlord . " He's one of those country fellows who can sleep in the haymow and eat with the horses . " The traveler was soon at the door . He was dressed plainly , and , with his reddish - brown hair and mud - bespattered face , looked like a hard - working countryman just in from the backwoods . " Have you a room here for me ? " he asked the landlord . Now the landlord prided himself upon keeping a first - class hotel , and he feared that his guests would not like the rough - looking traveler . So he answered : " No , sir . Every room is full . The only place I could put you would be in the barn . " " Well , then , " answered the stranger , " I will see what they can do for me at the Planters ' Tavern , round the corner ; " and he rode away .
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