386 A TREATISE ON HORSE-BREEDING. 



turned in the same direction. Once recognized, the condi- 

 tion is easily remedied by passing a rope with a running 

 noose round each foot of the foal that is farthest advanced or 

 that promises to be most easily extracted, and to push the 

 members of the other foetus back into the depth of the womb. 

 As soon as the one foetus is fully engaged in the passage it 

 will hold its place and its delivery will proceed in the natural 

 way. 



TABLE OF WRONG PRESENTATIONS. 



( Incom pletely extended. Flexor tendons 

 shortened. 



f Fore limbs 4 Crossed over the neck. 



Bent back at the knee. 

 I Bent back from the shoulder. 

 (Bent downward on the neck. 

 | Head and neck turned back beneath the 

 Head breast. 



Anterior presen- 

 tations. 



Posterior pre- 



Turned to one side. 

 [Turned upward and backward on the back. 

 Hind limbs. . . . Hind feet engaged tn the pelvis. 



Transverse Back of foal to side of pelvis. 



Inverted Back of foal to floor of pelvis. 



TTlnrl HTT,KQ J Beilt OD ttBelf at the faOCk. 



Hind hmbs.. . . 4 Bent at the hjp 



sentations. ] Transverse.. . . Back of foal to side of pelvis. 



[ Inverted ...... Back of foal to floor of pelvis. 



Transverse presentation of body ] With 



FORE LIMBS IMCOMPLETELY EXTENDED. 



In cases of this kind not only are the back tendons be- 

 hind the knee and shank-bone unduly short, but the sinew 

 extending from tbe front of the shoulder-blade over the front 

 of the elbow and down to the head of the shank-bone is also 

 shortened. The result is that the fore limb is bent at the 

 knee and the elbow is also rigidly bent. The condition ob- 

 structs parturition by the feet becoming pressed against the 

 floor of the pelvis or by the elbow pressing on its anterior 

 brim. Relief is to be obtained by forcible extension. A rope 

 with a running noose is passed around each fetlock and a 

 repeller (see Plate VIII), planted in the breast is pressed in 

 a direction upward and backward while active traction is 

 made on the ropes. If the feet are not thereby raised from 

 the floor of the pelvis the palm of the hand may be placed 

 beneath them to protect the mucous membrane until they 

 have advanced sufficiently to obviate this danger. In the 

 absence of a repeller a smooth rounded fork-handle may be 



