Widow Maker

Widow Maker, also know as Widowmaker or Lightning, is Pecos Bill's horse in popular cowboy stories. He was a wild horse that Bill tamed when everyone else thought it couldn't be done. Bill is the only human that Widow Maker tolerates on his back. Bill's bride Slue-foot Sue defies Bill's warnings and attempts to ride Widow Maker, who irately throws her off. This causes Sue to bounce on her out-of-control bustle toward a variously reported fate.

Widow Maker in Slue-Foot Sue and the Witch in the Woods
After Slue-Foot Sue's marriage to Pecos Bill was formalized, she took Bill's pet rattlesnake Rat and the original Bowie knife, and against all reason, leaped onto Widow Maker's.

As Bill had warned, the horse threw her; she landed on her bustle and began to bounce, higher and higher. At some point Sue began bouncing from place to place, ultimately bouncing to Russia and a confrontation with Baba Yaga.