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Second World War and 256, 269
Velká Chuchle, LB rides at 166
Velká Pardubická (1933) and 156–64
Velká Pardubická (1934) and 173, 174, 175–6
Velká Pardubická (1935) and 186–8, 191, 193
Velká Pardubická (1936) and 199, 205
Velká Pardubická (1937) and 206, 207, 216–18, 219, 222, 224, 226–34, 235, 251, 301, 314, 338
Nostitz-Rienck, Count Erwein von 180
Nová, Jana 305, 326, 328
Nový Bydžov, agricultural festival in 176–7
Nuremburg Laws (1935) 181–2
Nurmi 270–1, 272
Oaksey, John 120
Obora, Kinský hunting lodge at 86, 87, 91, 107, 114, 131–2, 136, 155, 192, 256, 269, 272
O’Keeffe, Georgia 103
Olympics 105, 106, 114, 126, 137, 154, 255
(1924) 110, 111
(1928) 110
(1932) 146–7
(1936) 182, 198–9, 201, 202, 205
Ondra, Anny 104
Orgesch 171
Orlík castle 11, 86–9, 91, 102, 107, 132, 269, 276
Orolová, Jaroslava 126, 294
Ossian 147
Ossiana 129
Ostsee steeplechase 186
Ostrov stud 89, 192
Otello 272, 273–4
Ott, Jindřich 97
Our Famous Sportspeople 320
Owens, Jesse 198
Padova 166, 173–4, 175
Pálffy, Count 83, 180
Palyza, Ferdinand 299
Palyzová, Eva 299–301, 305, 306, 315–16, 326, 328
Pardubice 5, 24, 25, 31, 32, 100, 110, 190
hotels in 95, 117, 118, 134, 142, 218–19, 251, 270
LB’s first visit to 43
Masaryk opens exposition in (1931) 141–2
military riding school in 95, 97, 110, 111, 137, 148, 154, 199, 274, 282
1920s and 93–8
origins of horseracing in 28
origins of Velká Pardubická in 34, 35
Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia and 248, 251, 255, 269–70
Second World War and 213, 214, 235
Pardubice Zámeček 153–6, 189, 213, 252
Parelli, Pat 336
Parker, Dorothy 103
Pecherová, Kamila 28, 86
Peck, Charley 29
Pelide 162
Petar 283, 284
Peters, A. 183
Pilgrimage Church of St John of Nepomuk 132–3
Pimpl, Captain Rudolf 110, 122
Pinguin 121
Plamínková, Františka 55, 72, 103, 258
Plato 339
Pogliaga, Lieutenant Defendente 183, 188, 199, 205
Pohanka 143, 144, 145, 159, 161, 162, 163, 184, 215
Pojerová, Růžena 297
Polák, Hugo 75
Popler, Captain Rudolf 154, 180, 306, 338
Grand National (1931) and 140, 141, 143, 307
Kinsky Memorial Chase (1931) and death 149–50, 161, 162, 306
LB, admiration for 145–6
Popler’s Jump 228
thirst for adventure 139–40, 141
Velká Pardubická (1926) and 97, 119
Velká Pardubická (1927) and 110–11, 112, 119, 120, 121–2
Velká Pardubická (1930) and 136, 137, 139, 215
Velká Pardubická (1931) and 143, 144
Velká Pardubická (1932) and 149
Pospíšil, Jan (nephew) 82, 194, 289, 302
Pospíšil, Jan (great-nephew) 3, 41, 289, 302, 303, 314
Brandis chateau in Řitka and 6–7
childhood 1–2, 128, 178, 181, 194, 260, 303
papers of LB and 7, 181
remembers LB 1–2, 178, 303
Pospíšil, Josef (brother-in-law) 77, 82
Pospíšilová, Eva (niece) 2, 7, 8, 82, 181, 302, 317
Přítomnost 211
Prague:
liberation of (1945) 262–5
Prague Spring (1968) 300, 305
Prague Jockey Club 81, 82, 83, 90, 95, 102, 106, 103, 113, 118, 236, 243, 246, 248, 281, 310, 322, 326
Pražanka 237
President of the Republic’s Trophy 141
Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia 244–65
Pückler-Berghaus, Count Carl
Friedrich von 248, 263, 265
Půlpán, Petr 89
Puszta 272
Quixie 183, 186, 187–8, 199, 204, 214, 227, 228, 229, 230, 231, 232
Radomil 215, 226
Rag 175
Ravensbrück concentration camp 251
Red Army 262, 265
Regalon 161, 162
Remus 149, 161, 162, 163, 184
Reseda 84
Ressource club 85
Reynolds, Rowland 29
Řitka 11–12, 13, 14, 15, 19–20, 43, 46, 48, 56, 57, 64, 68, 71, 125, 197, 235, 250, 261, 266, 275, 290–1, 294–5, 305, 333, 337, 340
Řitka, Brandis chateau in 5–6, 44, 77, 82, 83, 86, 87, 88, 102, 104, 115, 125, 126, 127, 131, 133, 165, 191, 197, 207, 217, 221, 235, 236, 238, 275, 280, 286, 298, 303
appearance and size of 11–12, 43, 74
Brandis sisters evicted from 6, 292–4
claims of tenant farmer Daneš upon 267–8, 288–9
current state of 5–6
Czechoslovak Socialist Republic and 6, 272, 287–90
death of Leopold Brandis and 127–8
end of Second World War and 265–6
First Republic land reform and 69–71, 156
First World War and 57, 58–60, 61, 62, 64, 66, 68, 69
horses and 17, 25, 41, 46–7, 52–3, 58–9, 76, 166, 167, 178, 238, 247–8, 257
Johanna Brandisová purchase and management of 13–14
LB’s childhood in 5–6, 14, 20–1, 41, 46–7, 48, 52, 53, 56, 317
LB’s family move into 13–14
LB’s management of 57, 58–60, 61, 62, 64, 68, 75, 130, 177, 247–8
LB’s museum in 7, 340
National Land Committee and 267–8
passing of Habsburg regime and 69–70
Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia and 249–50, 257, 258, 259–60, 261, 262, 263
return of property to family under ‘restitution’, following Velvet Revolution 6
Second Republic seizures of land 271–2
tenant farmers 75, 250, 267–8, 288–9
Rival 283
Roberts, Monty 336
Rojík, J. 144
Rómmel, Count K. 145
Romulus 215, 228
Rosák, Oldřich 99, 100
Roth, Joseph: The Radetzky March 54, 93
Rothländer, Marie 15, 127
Rubín 327
Runciman, Lord 239–40
Rusniak, Kasian 128–9, 257
Russian Civil War (1918–21) 290
Russian Revolution (1917) 64, 195
Růžička, Lieutenant 215
Růžičková-Jelínková, Martina 181, 326–8, 329, 336–7, 341
Šabata, Martin 5
Šabata, Vladimír 313
Salvator 290
Sandor, Count Móric 28, 30–1, 41
Satorie, Josef 250, 258, 266–7, 280, 296, 302
Satorieová, Gikina see Jarocká, Alžběta
Saunders, George 321
Savoy 147, 167
Sayers, George 39
Scharfetter, SS-Scharführer Curt:
‘captured by National Socialism’ 183
Second World War and 253
Velká Pardubická (1936) and 201, 203
Velká Pardubická (1937) and 214, 219, 225
Schaumburg, Count Heinrich 155, 188
Schernbeck stud 173
Schlagbaum, Willibald:
LB and unpleasant character of 180–2, 207
Second World War and 248, 254
Velká Pardubická (1935) and 182
Velká Pardubická (1936) and 201, 204
Velká Pardubická (1937) and 214, 225, 227, 230, 231
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bsp; Schlick, Count Franz 176
Schmidt, SS-Untersturmführer Hans 299
‘captured by National Socialism’ 183
Second World War and 253, 299
Velká Pardubická (1928) and 180, 184
Velká Pardubická (1936) and 201, 203
Velká Pardubická (1937) and 214, 219, 225, 226, 227, 229,
Schutzstaffel (SS) 169–71, 180, 183, 184, 185, 188, 195, 202–4, 214, 225, 248–9, 253, 262, 263, 264, 265
Cavalry Brigade 248–9, 262
Equestrian SS 170, 202–3, 253–4
Waffen-SS 248, 253, 263, 264
Schwandt, Gustav 134, 184, 299
Schwarzenberg, Arnošt 291
Schwarzenberg, František 88, 133, 136, 159, 176, 191, 193, 241
Schwarzenberg, Prince Karel V 86
Schwarzenberg, Prince Karel VI 86–7, 88, 269, 276
Schwarzenberg, Prince Karel VII 269, 276
Scrivener, Ronald 306–7
Sex Discrimination Act (1975) 310
Seyfried, Captain Josef 139, 161
Silver A, operation (1942) 251–2
Šípová, Alena 211
Širl, Václav 71
Sketh, Thomas 29
Sléha, Miloslav 291
Slehová, Jana 125–6, 291, 292
Slovakia 66, 189, 243–4, 261
Slovak National Uprising 260
Šmejda, Karel 207, 243, 247
death 264, 269, 270, 280
Kasalický horses and 129, 165, 166
LB first works with 77–9, 126
LB horses and 147, 166, 167, 217
LB winning of Velká Pardubická and 233
Second World War and 255, 261, 264
Zdenko Radslav Kinský horses and 83–4, 117–18, 166, 167
Snášel, Major Alois 154, 189
Sochor Hotel, Pardubice 95, 137, 142
Socrates 339
Sokol 71, 168, 197, 211, 244, 250, 264, 291
Solms, Count Emich 173
Soukup, Josef 159, 193, 233, 256
Soviet Union 71, 151, 212, 265, 300, 305
Spanish Civil War (1936–39) 189, 198, 212
Spano, Rugiero 149, 161, 163
Sporborg, William 321
Stahlhelm (‘steel helmets’) 171, 185
Stalin, Josef 212
Stará Boleslav military riding school 282
State Experimental Horse-breeding
Institute, Slatiňany 282
State Racecourses 306, 308–9
Statečný, Captain František 154
Státní bezpečnost (StB) 277, 287, 290, 297, 304
Stephen’s Society 307–8, 309
Stevens, Samuel 29
Strachwitz, Hugo 244
Sturmabteilung (SA) 169–70, 171, 172, 180, 183, 204, 214, 225
Sudeten German Freikorps 240–1
Sudeten German Nazi Party 152, 160, 180
Sudeten German Party (SdP) 160, 168, 180–2, 194–5, 204, 225, 238
Sudetenland 133–4, 152, 160, 168, 180–2, 194–5, 204, 225, 238, 239–42, 244–5, 266–7
Sun 311
Svoboda–Brno 237
Szabó, Vojtěch 126, 136
Széchenyi, Countess Irena 155
Széchenyi, Count István 28
Széles II 143, 144–5
Talán 138, 139, 143
Tank 225
Taxis, Prince Thurn und 29, 40, 176
Temme, Günther 171
Teplice 225, 244–5
Terezín holding camp 249, 250, 255
Time 200
Toyen 104
Trakehnen stud 184, 185, 186, 198, 215, 219, 226
Turner–Bund 168
Typ 185, 187
Učeň 282–3
Ugarte, Count Max 35, 39
Úmonín, Kutná Hora 12, 13, 14, 68
Union Klub Prize of Honour 237
University of Liverpool 300
Upman 175, 214, 226, 228, 229
Vítek, František 300–1
Vítěz 273–4
Vae Victis 106–7
Vágner, J. 284, 286
Valčík, Josef 251–2
Váňa, Josef 36–7, 320–1, 323, 327
Velká Chuchle 197, 209, 243, 300, 315–16
first women’s races at 106–7
LB and post-war atmosphere of 269
LB begins to work at 77–81, 82, 88
LB harness races at 81
LB horses and 148, 167, 176, 178, 179, 217, 238, 239
LB showjumping at 136
Masaryk at 141
Norma and 165, 166
opening of 46
Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia and 247, 248, 255, 261, 263, 264, 265,
Schlagbaum and 180, 181, 201, 207, 248
Zdenko Radslav Kinský and 102, 116
Velká Pardubická (Grand Pardubice) 85, 88
(1874) 38–9
(1890) 95
(1893) 95
(1901) 99
(1904) 98
(1906) 306
(1909) 43
(1912) 100
(1926) 97, 110
(1927) 101, 109–10, 116, 117–24, 125, 137, 167, 254, 310, 327
(1928) 126, 136, 180, 184, 215
(1929) 134, 184
(1930) 134–40
(1931) 142–6, 184, 215, 229
(1932) 146–9, 161, 184
(1933) 153, 156–64, 184
(1934) 165–6, 171–4, 175–6
(1935) 182–3, 185–8
(1936) 197–8, 199–200, 201–6
(1937) 207, 213–34, 235–7, 270
(1938) 243
(1946) 270–1
(1947) 273–4
(1948) 277
(1949) 281–2
(1951) 290
(1953) 299
(1959) 299
(1965) 299–301
(1966) 305
(1967) 305
(1968) 305
(1969) 305
(1970) 305
(1971) 305
(1972) 305
(1973) 42, 306–8
(1974) 308–9
(1977) 309–13, 328
(1982) 321
(1983) 321
(1987) 320
(1989) 321–2
(1990) 42, 323, 326
(1991) 42, 323, 327
(1992) 42, 323, 324
(1994) 36, 322–3
(1995) 36
(1997) 326
(1998) 327
(2006) 327
(2010) 326, 327
(2011) 320–1
(2014) 327
(2016) 327
(2017) 42, 328–9, 331–2
Big Ditch 37, 38–9 see also Taxis
Big English Jump 37, 122, 158, 228
Big Water Jump 110, 122, 138, 144, 186, 187, 229, 300, 309, 312
British riders 39, 42, 310–13, 321–3, 326 see also individual rider name
Bullfinch 39
Communism, changes in under 298–9
Czech-German rivalry in 95, 96, 134–5, 146, 161, 168–76, 180–8, 197–200, 201–6, 207, 214–34, 236, 298, 299
Czech patriotism and 98, 100, 101, 111–12, 173, 185–6, 197, 213–37
dangerous nature of 3, 23–4, 35–43, 94, 97, 98, 109, 111–12, 114, 139, 142, 172, 173, 200, 320–6, 327, 337
Englishwoman, first attempt at race by 310–13
first Czech to win race 99
French Jump 37, 227, 231
Garden fences 37, 163, 230
Grand National and see Grand National
Irish Bank 37, 39, 121, 138, 143, 162, 175, 187, 227, 274
Lata Brandisová and see
Brandisová, Lata
Little Taxis 138, 163, 230, 312
military men/cavalry officer influence ethos of (1920s) 96–8, 101, 109–12, 118, 143, 145–6
Nazi paramilitaries and 3, 7–8, 168–76, 180–90, 197–200, 201–6, 207, 214–34, 236
origins of 35, 37, 38–9
Pardubice and 93–6 see also Pardubice
> prize money 116, 179, 236, 239, 273, 321
race-day trains 95–6, 143, 220
reunion of women who had ridden 328–9
Small Water Jump 119, 143, 205, 226
Snake Ditch 37, 122, 138, 144, 162, 164, 187, 229
Taxis 40–2, 99, 110, 114–15, 118, 119, 121, 138, 143, 149, 153, 162, 175, 186, 187, 188, 193, 218, 226, 271, 274, 307, 308, 309, 312, 323, 324, 326, 327
women, respect for in 325–31
world’s craziest steeplechase, as 35–8
Velká Poděbradská. Steeplechase, Poděbrady (1947) 272
Venkov 70, 123–4
Ventura, Captain František 137
Vidláková, Marie 106
Vienna Jockey Club 89–90
Viking II 283, 284
Vogler 184
Von der Goltz-Querfeldein 169, 173, 185, 186, 215
von Schäffer, Christian (grandfather) 12, 13
Všenory 47, 83, 130, 242, 255
Waffen–SS 248, 253, 263, 264
Wahne 171, 173, 175, 176, 186, 187, 214–15, 228, 229
Wall Street Crash (1929) 133, 134
Walsh, Keith 330
Walsh, Ruby 321
War Merit Cross 255
Waterloo, Battle of (1815) 26
Weber, Christian 169
Wehrmacht 201, 245, 248, 253
Wehrwolf 162
Weston, Mary 199–200
Whelan, Ken 323
Widner, Zdeněk 274
Wieland 214, 226, 227, 228, 229
Wiese, SA-Standartenführer Heinrich 185, 299
‘captured by National Socialism’ 183
Second World War and 254–5
Velká Pardubická (1934) and 171–3, 176
Velká Pardubická (1935) and 183
Velká Pardubická (1936) and 201, 204
Velká Pardubická (1937) and 214, 225, 232
Willer, Dr Horst 183
Williamson, George 29, 94–5
Wilson, Julian 311
Wilson, Paul J. 249
Women’s Club of Pardubice 218–19
Women’s Olympic Games 105
Women’s National Council 103
Women’s World Games 106, 135, 199
Wragg, Gavin 321, 325
Zadzora, Captain 215
Zágler, Eduard 79, 80, 209, 264
Zágler, Jan 264
Zátopek, Emil 2
Žďár nad Sázavou 132–3, 165
Zoedone 32
Zweig, Stefan 252; The World of Yesterday 54–5, 252–3
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