Rode hard, put away wet (1958); Zigged, should have zagged (1949)

[Page Stephens]

I would never ride a horse hard and then put it into its stall until I had
either walked it or let it out to pasture where it could cool off and let
the sweat dry.

The first time I remember? hearing this was from Tennessee Ernie back in the
'50s whose signature as a comedian was his use of corny country phrases such
as the one mentioned and "I feel as nervous as a long tailed cat in a room
full of rocking chairs."

Any dude or gunsel who would put a horse away wet should be horsewhipped pun
intended.

This reminds me of a story about a now famous physical anthropologist who
was a city boy. One day in a class he said something like, "One of the
advantages human beings had as an adaptation to heat is that humans unlike
horses sweat." to which one of my fellow grad students who was a country boy
responded, "Hey (name deleted to protect the guilty). Ever ride a horse?"

Page Stephens

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> RODE HARD, PUT AWAY WET
>
> RODE HARD, PUT--929 Google hits, 258 Google Groups hits
> RODE HARD AND PUT--3,140 Google hits, 2,180 Google Groups hits
>
>    I have a book of sports idioms right here.  Neither one of these two is
in
> the OED.
>    Why does the same 1958 citation have "put away wet" and "out up wet"?
>
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> (WWW.NEWSPAPERARCHIVE.COM)
> Frederick Post - 1/22/1997
> ...ings Some wrote to tell how they d "RODE HARD AND PUT up wet. 'to how
the>
> 're.....a Some wrote to tell how they'd been 'RODE HARD AND PUT up to how
> they're 'grinning like.....a c Her favorite tnan a bar o; soap after a
HARD day
> of was I poorer a ,u, entire subi.....nivs rnr.re diverse, she says i do
rhis
> to PUT 1 think Faulkner did it to AND make them..
> Frederick, Maryland Wednesday, January 22, 1997  421 k
>
> News - 1/22/1997
> ...Some wrote to tell how they'd been "RODE HARD AND PUT up wet." to how
> they're.....a Some wrote to tell how they'd been 'RODE HARD AND PUT up to
how
> they're 'grinning like.....She's no bigger than a bar of soap after a HARD
day of
> If someone is "poorer than a.....around "like a duck after a June didn't
"PUT
> all their eggs in the same basket" AND..
> Frederick, Maryland Wednesday, January 22, 1997  687 k
>
> Mountain Democrat - 9/6/1989
> ...car. The Udder Guys, Men of Pause, RODE HARD AND PUT Away Wet, Raw
Sewage
> need AND.....Coach Dave Clarke's El Dorado squad was hit HARD by
graduation,
> AND the Cougars will rely.....second consecutive SFL championship. To PUT
it
> bluntly, the Bruins are loaded. They.....forwards Mike Munoz, Robbie Moots
AND
> Frank Cordes are also back AND should..
> Placerville, California Wednesday, September 06, 1989  670 k
>
> Lancaster Eagle Gazette - 12/24/1958
> ...of rocking chairs. feel like1 I been RODE HARD AND PUT away wet. ready
> signed up tight.....ironing Now at last you can take the HARD,
time-consuming
> work out of ironing.....AND her parents. Mr. AND the cottage of Mr. AND
Mrs.
> Heri- William Elder AND Mr. AND Mrs.....AND Karen chased during the year,
AND Mr.
> AND Mrs. Herbert George. Sue. Scott Wyeth AND..
> Lancaster, Ohio Wednesday, December 24, 1958  730 k
>
> Salisbury Times - 7/24/1958
> ...rocking chairs." "I feel like I txfen RODE HARD AND PUT up wet." "She's
> built like a.....igned a contract with Warne rothers AND was PUT into a
sma ole
> in "Darby's Rangers." The.....with crisp bacon AND hot buttered toast. PUT
the
> buttered toast in a low oven to keep.....exciting afternoon for the two
boys
> aged 8 AND 9. Then Patrolman Ben Way arrested them..
> Salisbury, Maryland Thursday, July 24, 1958  596 k
>
> Lancaster Eagle Gazette - 7/24/1958
> ...rocking chairs." "I feel like1 I been RODE HARD AND PUT away wet."
ready
> signed up tight.....ironing Now at last you can take the HARD,
time-consuming
> work out of ironing.....AND her parents. Mr. AND the cottage of Mr. AND
Mrs.
> Heri- William Elder AND Mr. AND Mrs.....AND Karen chased during the year,
AND
> Mr. AND Mrs. Herbert George. Sue. Scott Wyeth AND..
> Lancaster, Ohio Thursday, July 24, 1958  730 k
>
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> ZIGGED, SHOULD HAVE ZAGGED
>
> SHOULD HAVE ZAGGED--964 Google hits, 1,010 Google Groups hits
>
>    Story of my life.
>
>
> (WWW.NEWSPAPERARCHIVE.COM)
> Portland Press Herald - 5/30/1948
> ...County Farm Day Zigged, He SHOULD HAVE ZAGGED THE DAY Around Day Farm
With
> A Camera.....soon ---or too late. KUCSS I ziRged when 1 .SHOULD HAVE the
> mode.st vctrrah said, with n.....distributors of dairy products tnall
lines, HAVE
> Joined, whole hearf.Pd.ly a program to.....surgeons and nurses combined to
> dec.ccc he SHOULD live. While bin body mended, the..
> Portland, Maine Sunday, May 30, 1948  728 k
>
> Harlan News Advertiser - 3/19/1957
> ...attendent; V-i IZiggedWhen I SHOULD HAVE ZAGGED In the summer and fall
of
> 1957, lots.....of poultry reisers who don't HAVE new laying pulfets will
feel
> 'this way.....with -new pullets; To buy early chicks. We HAVE What You
Need:
> IDEAL CHICKS Topcross..
> Harlan, Iowa Tuesday, March 19, 1957  824 k
>
> Chronicle Telegram - 1/4/1968
> ...Maybe You Zigged When You SHOULD HAVE ZAGGED? So-o-oLots Of Christmas
> Bills to Pay.....HAVE won seven of nine season starts and SHOULD HAVE no
problem
> making Findlay its.....Saturday nights. The two coming opponents HAVE a
> composite record of 13-2 for the year.....field a squad with ample height
which
> SHOULD battle the Pioneers for those rebounds..
> Elyria, Ohio Thursday, January 04, 1968  1013 k