A Dictionary of Occupational Terms Based on the Classification of Occupations used in the Census of Population, 1921.
ORDER XXVI.—PERSONS EMPLOYED IN ENTERTAINMENTS AND SPORT
Sub-order 1.—Persons Employed in Entertainments and Sport
888.—Race-Horse Trainers; Jockeys and Training Stable Attendants
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- apprentice (racing stable)
- a boy, usually indentured to a horse trainer (q.v.), learning to become a jockey; rides horses in training and in races; in addition, grooms and feeds horses, cleans stables, prepares bedding, and makes himself generally useful.
- groom (term rarely used in a racing establishment)
- see stable lad (racing stable).
- headman, head lad
- superintends work of men and boys employed in or about a racing stable; treats sick or injured horses under direction of trainer or veterinary surgeon; occasionally rides horses at exercise in absence of trainer (q.v.).
- jockey
- rides horse in horse race and whilst in training for event.
- manager (racing stables), secretary-manager
- is usually in charge of business side of a training stable; arranges for transport of horses and lads to race meetings; orders forage, bridles, saddles, etc., and attends to correspondence; usually pays wages of stable employees, and arranges entries of horses for races on instruction from owner or trainer (q.v.).
- stable lad, stable boy
; groom
- is employed at racing stables to look after horses and keep clean stables; also rides horses at exercise; grooms, beds down, feeds, and generally attends to horses; sometimes treats sick or injured horses under direction of veterinary surgeon, trainer, manager or headman (q.v.); is usually too heavy to ride horses at races.
- trainer
- manages racing stables and superintends training of horses; usually arranges entries of horses, under his charge, for races; has expert knowledge of horses and of their diseases, and is usually a veterinary surgeon; may be proprietor of stables accepting horses for training.
- training stable attendant
- prepares horses' mash, lights and attends fire underneath copper in which it is heated; helps to clean and feed horses, and does other odd jobs in or about training stables, etc.
- travelling lad (racing stables)
- travels to race meetings with horses, occupying, with stable lads (q.v.) (if any) under his charge, compartment next to horsebox; on arrival, superintends stabling, grooming, and feeding of horses under his charge; saddles horses for race; after race, supervises safe boxing of horses, in horse-boxes, for return journey.
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From:
A Dictionary of Occupational Terms Based on the Classification of Occupations used in the Census of Population, 1921,
Ministry of Labour, 1927. Digitised by Peter Christian, August, 2016. This text is in the Public Domain. 