Democratic Sentinel, Volume 15, Number 46, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 December 1891 — Ride and Tie. [ARTICLE]

Ride and Tie.

“Ride and tie” is an old Salem saying. Two men would start out on a journey with one horse. One would ride a specified distance, then, dismounting and tying the horse, he would walk on to the next changing place, where he would find the horse tied and waiting for him, having bepn ridden there by the man who started out afoot. And so the whole distance would be traversed, each one riding and walking in turn. The item “Ride and tie and go to Boston” is found in an old account book, at a charge of “four and sixpence.”