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An Olympian. A cavalry captain, 17th Regiment of Uhlans of Great Poland. A knight of, among others, Virtuti Militari, Legion of Honour, Polish Cross of Valour 5 times A retired general.
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In September 1999, equestrian circles learnt on Gen. Michał Gutowski’s visit in Poland – the pre-war cavalryman and the Olympian lived in Canada since termination of the war.
Through efforts of Polish Equestrian Association, Gen. Gutowski was a lecturer at a special session of trainer course in Stallion Depot in Łąck. Over there, I met the man creating a legend of Polish interwar horsemanship – one of few people who remember Polish riders’ successes on international arenas and attended them.
Mr Michał Gutowski was 89 years old then. He was in perfect intellectual shape and able-bodied. In Łąck, while watching movies showing his 88th birthday and him riding horseback and overcoming cross-country fences, it was difficult to hide admiration and withstand a reflection with regard to my own future.
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You can find the whole article and other sources at Polish Digital Equestrian Library (click)
Author: Jacek Grobelny
Click the following links to go to related materials in Polish Digital Equestrian Library (they will open in a new page):
„Generał” (2016) – Robert Woronowicz
„Malowany Szwadron, wspomnienia Generała” (2015) – Robert Woronowicz
„Niezwykłe spotkanie” (2015) – Robert Woronowicz
„Michał Gutowski” (2012) – Witold Duński
„Szarża na czołgi” [link] (2012) – Jerzy Mirosław Płachecki
„Uroczyste spotkanie z Michałem Gutowskim” (2004) – Andrzej Grzybowski
„Generał Michał Gutowski nie żyje” (2006) – Iwo Cyprian Pogonowski
„Ostatni Mohikanin” (1995) – Witold Domański
„Curriculum vitae” – Michał Gutowski
„Karta weterana – Michał Gutowski” [link]
„Nie masz pana nad ułana” – Jacek Grobelny
A meeting of Artur Bober, a Three Days’ Event team coach of that time, with Gen. Michał Gutowski. Korfowe Vernissage. The nineties.
A joint photo with Jacek Grobelny before the interview. 
The mare Warszawianka, by Rittersporn and Nadzieja.
A chairman of the Technical Committee at the board of Hrubieszów Equestrian Club, lieutenant Michał Gutowski on the mare Jasiołda II during jumping (1936). National Digital Archive. 
International Baltic Show Jumping Events in Gdynia (1937). A Government Commissioner in Gdynia, Franciszek Sokół, hands over a cup to lieutenant Michał Gutowski. National Digital Archive.
Polish team in Riga with Major Adam Królikiewicz at the head. From left: cavalry captain Seweryn Kulesza (sideways on), cavalry captain Tadeusz Sokołowski, lieutenant Stanisław Czerniawski, lieutenant Janusz Komorowski and lieutenant Michał Gutowski (1937). National Digital Archive.
Gen. Stanisław Grzmot-Skotnicki congratulates lieutenant Michał Gutowski, the winner of individual equestrian competitions for Army Championship in Hrubieszów (1934). National Digital Archive.
17th Uhlan Regiment team – the winners of equestrian competitions for Army Championship in Hrubieszów (1934). Lieutenant Michał Gutowski – the fist from left. National Digital Archive.
Gen. Michał Gutowski on the mare HANUM – Aachen 1934, then as a cavalry lieutenant.
