be in saddle

He was to take the field the 1st of May; his troops would be in saddle and on scout away to the west all summer long; his wife and daughter were to spend those months at the sea-shore and in shopping for the great event to come in November.

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.

Within a few days, then, her loved brother would be in saddle and in the field against the Indians.

A squadron; but they are ordered to be in saddle for their quarters at midnight.

You see, it is now nearly five o’clock, and you could scarcely be in saddle before sunset.’