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It was there in 1928 that the captain Michał Antoniewicz-Woysym won the bronze team eventing medal during the Olympic Games in Amsterdam.
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Leon Kon wrote about Moja Miła's performance during the 1928 Olympic Games Amsterdam (the original language has been retained in the text):

“Three weeks before the start of the Olympics, the long-awaited “Moja Miła”, high half-breed class, bred by Count. Łoś, service horse of Lieutenant Tuński 19th ul.

“Moja Miła” had been running steeplechase races since spring and was sent straight from the racing stable to Grudziądz. This mare has already won more than one championship and was a thoroughly proven "sure thing" in terms of pace and endurance. It is understandable that after such a long time in racing training and work on the arena, she was very uncertain. As far as it was possible in such a short time, some defects were removed, but there was still a lot left to perform correctly and confidently.

It was assigned to the captain. Antoniewicz. (…)

As for the professional preparation of the arena, nothing could be faulted.

The judges were placed along the short wall of the quadrangle opposite the entrance, at a distance of several meters from it. This was an improvement compared to 1924. that each judge had a separate table and a secretary, as it has been done in our country for several years. In this way, it was impossible for one judge to influence another. (…)

The test was very slow with large gaps between one rider and the next. (…)
“Lwi Claw” under Capt. Trenkwald performed the work on the arena very nicely and correctly. He lacked presence, especially compared to horses of other nationalities. In this respect, according to the proposal, judges have quite a lot of freedom and 10 points at their disposal, which, after applying the multiplication, significantly change the arithmetic mean of this sample.
Lion's Claw lost several points because of this.

“Moja Miła” under the captaincy. Antoniewicz looked more impressive. She also completed the task correctly, but she lacked calmness and, as a result, her accuracy suffered. However, she was better at this job than could be expected after such a short preparation. (…)

For the steeple, a distance of 4000 m has been set. time standard 6'40”, i.e. pace 600 mtrs. for a minute. (…)

Only two horses achieved the maximum time: "Donese" under Lt. Col. Rómmlem and "Flucht" gray class, German Lt. Zipperf. Therefore, individually in the steepleu ex-aequo, first place belonged to these two riders.

"Lionclaw" made up 33 seconds. and received 508 points; “Moja Miła” made up for 45 seconds, so she was awarded 514 points. (…)

The cross-country distance was 8 mtrs, the standard time was 000'17″ at a pace of 46 mtrs. for a minute. For making up every 450 seconds. (in the previous Olympiad, for making up for every 10 seconds) 5 points were added without using a multiplier (35). Covering the entire distance faster than 2'13", i.e. at a pace of 16 mtrs. per minute was out of the question. In this way, the maximum number of points a rider could obtain was 600 points.

Rtm. Antoniewicz made up 2'50" on "Moja Miła". finishing in 14'56″ and receiving 724 bonus points, taking third individual place in cross country. (…)

Author: Leon Kon
“Amsterdam – Hilversum” (1928) – Leon Kon

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