Tadeusz Dachowski

The best Polish rider before World War I. In the years 1894-1914 he won over 300 awards.
In 1912-13 he started in the Great Pardubice Race (2x second place – Zeppelin).

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TADEUSZ DACHOWSKI, born in 1870 Leśkowa, Kiev land. Mr. Tadeusz Dachowski's father, Kazimierz, was one of the oldest breeders of thoroughbred horses.

Already as a child, T. Dachowski developed a taste for horses and developed an eye for beautiful models of his father's herd.

After graduating from secondary school at the Jesuit Fathers in Tarnopol in 1899, T. Dachowski entered the Faculty of Architecture of the Dresden University of Technology. At that time, the Leśków herd was liquidated.

After returning from Dresden, T. Dachowski started horse riding, but not systematically and without any thought of public performances.

In 1894, T. Dachowski was invited for the first time by the late. Mr. Józefa count. Potockiego to Antoniny for the horse hunting season.

The performance was unfortunate. T. Dachowski rode a great hunter from the Antonińska stable, "Dublet". This horse, very energetic, carried its rider at the very beginning of the run, but in the opposite direction to which the hunt went.

Then T. Dachowski realized how far he was from good driving, especially from following dogs.

This episode and great ambition stimulated the young rider to study horse riding very seriously.

T. Dachowski's first public appearance took place in 1895 during the Jarmoliniec races, where he was lucky and won his first competition prize on "Medusa", a pupil of St. Janowski.

After this successful debut, T. Dachowski purchased a couple of new horses for par-force hunting.

In 1896, fate brought him together with the new director of the Antoniński stables, Mr. Egon v, Kadich, a certified instructor from the "Reitlehrer Institut" in Vienna. T. Dachowski stays in Antoniny for almost two winters and only to work under the supervision of Mr. Kadich. The work began with the horse riding alphabet, riding 6 horses a day.

Since then, the golden book of T. Dachowski's equestrian career has been written: - horse hunting for a fox in the Roman Campania, for a fallow deer in Bracciano, competitions in Vienna, Berlin, Budapest, Lviv, Krakow, Marburg, steeplechase in Pardubice, cross-country runs, obstacle races and etc. etc

The year 1903 was particularly lucky, in which T. Dachowski, taking part in competitions, obstacle races and cross-country races, was never beaten.

In 1912 and 13, T. Dachowski took part in the most difficult steeple in Pardubice.

Each time he rode his own "Zeppelin", bred by Kaz. Ostoia-Ostaszewskiego. In 1912, out of 13 starting horses, three finished the race, and in 1913, out of 8 horses, 4 or 5 finished the race. "Zeppelin" never failed, which is a great rarity here, constantly taking second place, just behind the winner.

Counting only victories and second prizes, until the outbreak of World War T. Dachowski won over 280 awards. Since he managed to return to the country in 1921 after numerous and difficult experiences, he has been taking part in competitions in Krakow, Vienna, Piotrków and Warsaw, but only on other people's horses, winning more than one first prize.

Author: PCBJ based on the article "Honorary Riding Badge" (1936) editor of the magazine 'Rider and Breeder'