be in saddle
Example Sentences
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You see, it is now nearly five o’clock, and you could scarcely be in saddle before sunset.’
From In Kedar's Tents by Merriman, Henry Seton
Colonel Pelham is, of course, not looked for: he is far too old to be in saddle on so hard a campaign as this promises to be.
From Marion's Faith. by King, Charles
A squadron; but they are ordered to be in saddle for their quarters at midnight.
From The Iron Game A Tale of the War by Keenan, Henry F. (Henry Francis)
Within a few days, then, her loved brother would be in saddle and in the field against the Indians.
From Warrior Gap A Story of the Sioux Outbreak of '68. by King, Charles
