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17-506: The award was created by James F. Dickson, a stable master or equerry for the royal court. Dickson had previously given an award for the best runner of the English mile as part of a public sports festival in Gothenburg as early as 1887. A Swede, H Lönnroth, was the first known winner of the award with a time of six minutes and two seconds, competing against one other man in heavy rain. No trophy

34-410: A manor house since time immemorial , originally home of the lord of the manor and sometimes referred to as "the big house", not all would have anything as lavish as a traditional English country house , one of the traditional markers of an established "county" family that derived at least a part of its income from landed property . Stately homes , even rarer and more expensive, were associated with

51-622: Is a large house or mansion with luxurious appointments and great retinues of indoor and outdoor staff. The term is used mainly historically, especially of properties at the turn of the 20th century, i.e., the late Victorian or Edwardian era in the United Kingdom and the Gilded Age in the United States. There is no precise definition of "great house", and the understanding varies among countries. In England, while most villages would have had

68-483: Is no longer permanently awarded to an athlete, but the athlete has their name engraved on the award instead. Taking on an international aspect, the competition was open to all runners from the Nordic countries . Since 1906, the winning athlete's club gains the right to host the following year's competition. The race remained among the foremost annual athletics events in the region until the early 1920s. With diminishing interest,

85-416: Is that the family occupying the great house were outnumbered, often greatly so, by their staff. There was often an elaborate hierarchy among domestic workers , probably most familiar to people today through television dramas such as Downton Abbey . As in the past, today's great houses are limited to heads of state , the very rich, or those who have inherited them; few in the developed world are staffed at

102-496: The family seat . In Ireland, the term big house is usual for the houses of the Anglo-Irish ascendancy . In the United States, great houses can be found on streets known informally as " millionaires' mile " (or "row") in certain cities. In Jamaica, "great house" is the standard term for the house at the centre of plantation life, what in the United States is called a plantation house . One commonality between countries

119-499: The peerage , not the gentry . Many mansions were demolished in the 20th century , since families that had previously split their time between their country house and their town house found the maintenance of both too expensive. Many properties are now open to the public as historic house museums , either run by their ancestral owners on a commercial basis, or having been given to English Heritage or similar organisations. Others operate as hotels and wedding venues. Some still serve as

136-553: The Dicksonpokalen has been awarded to women in even-numbered years and men in odd-numbered years. Stable master A stable master or head groom is the manager in charge of a stable . At large horse establishments there may be several grooms under the management of the stable master. In a professional establishment the head groom usually has complete responsibility for the horses including devising training schedules, choosing feeds for optimum nutrition and ensuring

153-412: The duties of management between them. The head of the household is not the butler, but the house manager. An estate manager administers more than one property, and usually has financial and managerial background. Practices vary depending on the size of the household and the preference of the employers, but in general the staff is divided into departments run by the following staff: Sources: For

170-399: The employer's family wish to ride. The stable master is also responsible for the special needs of aged and retired horses, and usually for the maintenance and overall appearance of the stables. The stable master may or may not report to a steward or estate manager . This equine-related article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Great house A great house

187-479: The horses are shod, wormed, inoculated and provided with timely veterinary care. Historically, one kind of stable master was an avener ( / ˈ æ v ə n ər / ), or avenor , the chief officer of the stables of a king, and the officer in charge of obtaining positions for horses belonging to the king. The Latin version of the word was avenarius , from the Latin avena , meaning " oats " or " straw ". The avenar

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204-403: The horses of the king, his household, officials and attendants, as well as the horses of royal visitors. In a private residence the stable master has these responsibilities and must also accommodate the riding schedules of the employer's family and, if necessary, arrange for lessons and training. The stable master must ensure that a groom is on call during specified hours in case any members of

221-471: The level of past centuries. Nowadays, the International Guild of Butlers estimates that the annual salaries of a 20–25 person household staff total in excess of US$ 1,000,000. On large estates or in families with more than one residence, there may be a steward (or the modern equivalent, an estate manager) who oversees direction of the entire establishment. Today, it is not uncommon for a couple to split

238-640: The management of the competition was given to the Swedish Athletics Association , who awarded it to the winner of the men's 1500 m at the annual Swedish Athletics Championships . In the post-war era, the Dickson Trophy returned to its roots as an international mile run event and Dutchman Willem Slijkhuis became the first non-Nordic winner in 1948. The trophy became tied to the annual DN Galan athletics meeting in Stockholm in 1967. The distance

255-494: Was changed from the mile to 1500 m in 1981. Since its residency at the DN Galan, numerous high-profile middle-distance athletes have won the title, including Olympic champions Kipchoge Keino , John Walker , Sebastian Coe , Steve Ovett , Saïd Aouita , Noureddine Morceli , Hicham El Guerrouj and Kenenisa Bekele . A new era for the trophy began in 2010 with the first women's winner, Nancy Langat of Kenya. Since that year,

272-508: Was provided to Lönnroth given the lack of competition and slow performance. The first trophy proper was given in 1891 as part of the sports festival at the Svea Life Guards sports ground. Hans Haugom, a Norwegian, won the event and returned to win again the following year. Patrik Löfgren of Sweden won three years in a row from 1892 to 1894 and was awarded the trophy permanently as a result. The current trophy traces its history to 1895 and

289-498: Was under the watch of the Master of the Horse, and in his duties administered the oaths of office to all other stable officials. He was also in charge of stable expense accounts and payroll . An avenary , related to an avener, was the largest department in the household of the king. There was generally a staff of 100 to 200 valets and grooms which, under the watch of the avenar, tended to

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