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On 27/05/1927, a Hippodrome with bleachers for 5000 spectators was opened in Łazienki Królewskie. The arena was designed by Józej Główczewski (a designer of stables at Stallion Depots in Łąck and Białka) that was modelled after Monte Pincio Hippodrome in Rome.
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On 10 March 1927, a meeting of a provisional International Show Jumping Committee took place in the Castle under the leadership of colonel Zahorski, its initiator. The invited participants were as follows: a director of Horse Breeding Department at Agriculture Ministry Fryderyk Jurjewicz, a chief of Stud Farms Department Eng. Jan Grabowski, colonel B. Wieniawa Długoszowski, colonel Strzemiński, Eng. Z. Słomiński – a builder at Warsaw Municipality, Lt Col S. Korytowski, Lt Col K. Rómmel, Major Hochstim, cavalry captain L. Kon, cavalry captain S. Halik, captain Dworakowski, cavalry captain Piotrowski, cavalry captain Kossakowski and Lt K. Zaleski.
Foundation of International and National Show Jumping Association was considered and the presented building projects were examined. It was appropriated that building of a new stadium in Park Sobieskiego should start on 1st April and its project should be ready till then.
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This way, one of the most beautiful equestrian stadiums in Europe came into being. It was designed and built by an architectural engineer Józef Główczewski from Płock (a designer of stables at Stallion Depots in Łąck and Białka, too). The construction work was carried out like lightning and already on 27 May 1927, the first in Poland international show jumping took place in Łazienki. The competitions happened on 27th and 30th May as well as on 1st, 3rd, 6th, 7th and 8th June.
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Author: Witold Pruski
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„50-lecie otwarcia stadionu hipicznego w Łazienkach” (1977) – Witold Pruski
„1927 Łazienki 1937” (1937) – Leon Kon
„Międzynarodowe Konkursy Hippiczne w Warszawie” (1927) – Zespół redakcyjny
Gallery:
Finishing works at the Hippodrome in Łazienki Królewskie, May 1927. Source: NAC. Prepared by: Leszek Nagórny. 
Finishing works at the Hippodrome in Łazienki Królewskie, May 1927. Source: NAC. Prepared by: Leszek Nagórny.
Presentation of teams. Photo: Pełczyński.
Presentation of competitors.
President of the Republic of Poland, Prof. Ignacy Mościcki is coming to the stadium. 
FM of Poland, Józef Piłsudski on Łazienki Stadium. Beside him, brigadier general S. Zahorski is standing. 
Parade of competitors at Łazienki Stadium (from W. Pruski’s collection). 
Marshall of Poland, Edward Śmigły-Rydz looks a competition; beside him, on left hand, a president of International and National Show Jumping Association, prince Janusz Radziwiłł, — on right hand — a vice-chairman of the Association, Dion Gen. Juliusz Rómmel; at the back — a chairman of Polish Equestrian Union, Dipl. Col. Z. Brochwicz-Lewiński. 
Cavalry captain. M. Antoniewicz on “Banzaj”. Photo: Pełczyński. 
Major Toczek on “Faworyt”. Photo: Pełczyński. 
R. Battistelli on mare “Tic-Tac”. Photo: Pełczyński. 
General view of the stadium. 
President of the Republic of Poland, Prof. Ignacy Mościcki is receiving official teams in the Castle. 
Łazienki Show Jumping Stadium in Warsaw in 1938 (from W. Pruski’s collection).
