The quadruped Bestridden by the deer-stealer was the chief obstruction to their speed; and despite the frequent application of a stout stick, which his rider carried in hand, and the pricking of a rusty spur fastened upon his heel, the sorry hack could not be urged beyond a slow shuffling trot-discontinued the instant the stimulus of stick and spur were suspended.
"The White Gauntlet"
Mayne Reid
To the view from the sea the island is all, with its changing capes and promontories and bays and inlets, one immeasurable mountain; and on the afternoon of our approach it was Bestridden by a steadfast rainbow, of which we could only see one leg indeed, but that very stout and athletic.
"Roman Holidays and Others"
W. D. Howells
In front marched the five hundred elephants, each Bestridden by an officer of rank, and led by Hemu, on his own favourite animal, in person.
"Rulers of India: Akbar"
George Bruce Malleson