The study was made.

Followed several studies of the fighting face of Two-Gun Benson, grim and rigid, about to shoot from the hip.

But these were minor bits.

More important would be Buck Benson and his old pal, Pinto.
From the barn Merton dragged the saddle, blanket, and bridle he had borrowed from the Giddings House livery stable.

He had never saddled a horse before, but he had not studied in vain.