There was a fine demipique saddle, said to have been that of James II. From Wordnik.com. [The Journal of Sir Walter Scott From the Original Manuscript at Abbotsford] Reference
The solitary stranger was mounted upon an able horse, fit for military service, and for the great weight which he had to carry, and his rider occupied his demipique, or war-saddle, with an air that showed it was his familiar seat. From Wordnik.com. [A Legend of Montrose] Reference
` ` Come, come, Mr. Saddletree, '' said his wife, ` ` we'll hae nae confessions and condescendences here; let them deal in thae sort o 'wares that are paid for them --- they suit the like o' us as all as a demipique saddle would suit a draught ox. ''. From Wordnik.com. [The Heart of Mid-Lothian] Reference
The trussing, for which the demipique saddle of the day afforded particular facility, is alluded to in the text; and the author, among other nickcnacks of antiquity, possesses a leathern flask, like those carried by sportsmen, which is labelled, “King James’s Hunting. From Wordnik.com. [The Fortunes of Nigel] Reference
“we’ll hae nae confessions and condescendences here; let them deal in thae sort o’ wares that are paid for them — they suit the like o’ us as all as a demipique saddle would suit a draught ox.”. From Wordnik.com. [The Heart of Mid-Lothian] Reference
The trussing, for which the demipique saddle of the day afforded particular facility, is alluded to in the text; and the author, among other nickcnacks of antiquity, possesses a leathern flask, like those carried by sportsmen, which is labelled, "King James's Hunting. From Wordnik.com. [The Fortunes of Nigel] Reference
A single horseman followed the chase, upon a steed so thoroughly subjected to the rein, that it obeyed the touch of the bridle as if it had been a mechanical impulse operating on the nicest piece of machinery; so that, seated deep in his demipique saddle, and so trussed up there as to make falling almost impossible, the rider, without either fear or hesitation, might increase or diminish the speed at which he rode, which, even on the most animating occasions of the chase, seldom exceeded three-fourths of a gallop, the horse keeping his haunches under him, and never stretching forward beyond the managed pace of the academy. From Wordnik.com. [The Fortunes of Nigel] Reference
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