The best Polish rider before WWI. Between 1894 and 1914 he won over 300 awards. In 1912-13 he competed in Wielka Pardubice (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'
Entry updated: 15.12.2023/XNUMX/XNUMX
Tadeusz Dachowski died on December 16, 1951.
He was buried in Krakow, cm. Rakowicki,
quarter Ca, western row, Łobaczewski's place on the right.
Publications in the Polish Digital Equestrian Library:
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Publications
“Tadeusz Dachowski – Album” (2023)
“The history of the creation of... Służewiec Track” (2023) – Monika Jarosz
"History of equestrian competitions in Poland" (1982) - Witold Pruski
“Companions of the front roads fragments” [fragments] (1964) – Stanisław Popławski
Articles
“Tadeusz Dachowski” (2023) – Witold Sikorski
"Hider from the Kresy" (2012) - Hanna Polanska
“The Return of Dachowski” (2012) – Piotr Załęcki
“Horse riding competitions in Poland at the beginning of the 1981th century” (XNUMX) – Witold Pruski
“A century of the first equestrian competitions in Poland” (1980) – Witold Pruski
“Honorary Equestrian Badge” (1936)
“At the hippodrome in Łazienki” – Tadeusz Grabowski
“Nowy Tor w Służewiec” (1929) – editor: Rider and Breeder
Magazines
Movies
Palace in Leśkowa through the eyes of Andrzej Dachowski | MOVIE
The Horseman from the Borderlands – Tadeusz Dachowski | MOVIE
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Gallery:
On the left, Wojciech Kossak, Lost trace – Tadeusz Dachowski. On the right, Tadeusz Dachowski's diploma as an honorary member of the Society of international and national horse competitions in Poland.
Hunting race for the master for women. From the left A. Fr. Lubomirski on the Eleonora class, Tadeusz Dachowski (master) on the shaft. Feel the Spirit, Mikołaj Kawelin et al. The first prize was awarded to Mrs. Roma Czarnowska for Daragone, the second to Mrs. Adamowa Sobańska for the stallion. Bluff owned by T. Dachowski.
In the Lipowiec Land, in Ukraine, on the Koneła River, we have Leśkowa "(...) a palace in the style of Elizabethan neo-Gothic (...) became the most impressive residence of this type in the entire south-eastern lands that once belonged to the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth."
Living rooms, Dachowski castle in Leśkowa, early XNUMXth century.
Foto-Arte Krakowskie Przedm.
Tadeusz Dachowski on the gelding Szerenyi, owned by SA count. Potocki, Antonina Józefa count. Potocki, early 1907th century In 675 in Kiev, Tadeusz Dachowski on Szerenyi set an all-Russian record for a jump in width - XNUMX cm.
“Mira feels like a machine that accelerates and decelerate. This mare can arouse admiration with her temperament, boldness and confident jumping," after: S. Wotowski. In the photo, Tadeusz Dachowski with the famous hunter Mira, "a specialist in height and width competitions", equestrian competitions in Warsaw at the hippodrome at ul. Agrykola, decorated thanks to the efforts of the Warsaw Sports Club.
T. Dachowski is successful, he is one of the serious competitors of Piotrków meetings, he is a brave, persistent and distinguished rider. 14 Tadeusz Dachowski on a thoroughbred shaft. Zeppelin, meeting of the Piotrków Society for the Encouragement of Horse Racing, 1912.
"Danusia I". Bro mare chestnut, 5-year-old from the herd of half-bred horses of Mr. Czesław Baczyński in Smiłów. On the right, "Janczar", a 5-year-old chestnut gelding from a herd of half-bred horses.
Tadeusz Dachowski on the hunter Highflyer, 1899. It was the first high-class hunting horse, an excellent jumper, on which T. Dachowski won eleven first prizes in equestrian competitions and hunting runs for a year and a half. Bought at the request of T. Dachowski by the manager of the hunting stable in Antoniny, Egon Kadich. In 1899, Tadeusz Dachowski took part in private competitions in Antoniny with Count Józef. Potocki was hailed as the "king of the season", winning almost all the awards on Highflyer.
In 1909 in Proskurow, Tadeusz Dachowski on his mare Mira set an all-Russian record for a jump of -186 cm. The photo shows the first jump, in which Mira knocked down one brick.
Before the race in Równe (photo: Saryusz Wolski).
Before the hunting race in Radom (photo by Saryusz Wolski).
Tadeusz Dachowski on the embankment. Szerenyi owned by AS Count Potockiego, equestrian competitions in Warsaw at the hippodrome at ul. Agrykola, decorated thanks to the Warsaw Sports Club, 1908.
The award was won by T. Dachowski in Proskurow.
“Mira feels like a machine that accelerates and decelerate. This mare can arouse admiration with her temperament, boldness and confident jumping," after: S. Wotowski. In the photo, Tadeusz Dachowski with the famous hunter Mira, "a specialist in height and width competitions", equestrian competitions in Warsaw at the hippodrome at ul. Agrykola, decorated thanks to the efforts of the Warsaw Sports Club.
Horse riding competitions in Vienna (1910-1913). Tadeusz Dachowski in Mira class.
Hunting race behind the master in Radom (photo: Saryusz Wolski).
Tadeusz Dachowski on stallion Bluff, equestrian competitions in Lviv, 1912.
From the Radomski track. Finisch, winner Mr. Kurnatowski.
Private equestrian competitions in Antoniny in Volhynia, on the estate of Count Józef. Potocki. Tadeusz Dachowski on the Nevermind hunter during the jump on the famous "Wołynka", 1901.
"We wish Mr. Tadeusz Dachowski good luck with all our hearts", after: S. Wotowski.Tadeusz Dachowski on the shaft. Zeppelin returns to the scales after taking second place in Wielka Pardubice, 1913.
On the left, a group of sportsmen. Second from the left, Tadeusz Dachowski. On the right, Hr. Juliusz Tarnowski with Mr. Tadeusz Dachowski.
