56 The Practical Stud Groom. 



place. In order to obtain all the available room possible for 

 this purpose, the rectum should be emptied of foaces before 

 return is attempted. 



" On completion of the operation the mare will be 

 benefited by a full dose of tincture of opium to check strain- 

 ing, after which she may be placed in a stall with the hind 

 leg's under-packed with litter so as to elevate the hind parts, 

 and a truss should be adjusted to the vaginal outlet in such 

 a way as to prevent the escape of the viscus again." 

 (Professor Axe.) 



NOTE (See p. 41) : The long web lungeing rein will 

 come in handy when a mare, as often happens during the 

 labour pains, rolls over and gets "cast" against the wall 

 of the foaling-box. Two men, at a pinch even one, with 

 the aid of the lungeing rein looped round her fore legs, can 

 quickly haul her over into her original position. 



