Like another arrow, but one sent with stronger nerve, swept the sable charger in pursuit.
"The White Gauntlet"
Mayne Reid
Let him have one last ride on his favourite charger.
"The White Gauntlet"
Mayne Reid
And the curious thing about this mysterious cave was that, along one side of it, ran a long row of horse stalls, just like what one would find in a stable, and in each stall stood a coal-black charger, saddled and bridled, as if ready for the fray; and on the straw, by every horse's side, lay the gallant figure of a knight, clad from head to foot in coal-black armour, with a drawn sword in his mailed hand.
"The Scottish Fairy Book"
Elizabeth W. Grierson