The chauffeur was ready to start, when Mr. Belford, hatless, leapt on to a footboard of the throbbing car with the agility of a sailor, Sheffield more slowly following suit, for he would have preferred an inside berth.
"The Sins of Séverac Bablon"
Sax Rohmer
It came to him as he held himself in place on two inches of the footboard of a crowded open car.
"The Mermaid of Druid Lake and Other Stories"
Charles Weathers Bump
Look at him as he passes his whip into his left hand, chafes his numbed right fingers on his granite leg, and beats those marble toes of his upon the footboard.
"Dickens As an Educator"
James L. (James Laughlin) Hughes