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Mixed team Jean Pierre M. J. de Madre, Comte de Loos (17 September 1862 – 2 January 1934) was a French

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player who competed in the

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Biography

He was born in

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and died in

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. In 1900 he was part of the

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polo team which won the silver medal.

Tigers Polo Team

Johnny was the patron of the Tigers Polo Team; the team traveled between America, England, India and continental Europe playing tournaments. Some of their most important wins being the 1912 Paris Open and the 1923 Coronation Cup in England, they were also winners of the

Roehampton Trophy The Roehampton trophy is the oldest polo trophy in the United Kingdom. The trophy was first played for at the Roehampton Club in 1902 and was won by Buccaneers. Today it is played for at the Ham Polo Club, the tournament is played for at an 6-goal ...

in 1911. The team were well known for their immaculate turn out and attention to detail, the team shirts were pure silk hand embroidered with Gold thread. As well as this Johnny insisted that all four players would ride horses of matching colours e.g. bays in the first chukka, greys in the second,

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in the third etc. Some of the most notable players to be enlisted to play for Tigers included Indian 10 goalers Jaswant Singh and Jagindar Singh.

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Polo tournament 1900
{{DEFAULTSORT:Madre, Jean de 1862 births 1934 deaths French polo players Roehampton Trophy Polo players at the 1900 Summer Olympics Olympic polo players of France Olympic silver medalists for France Medalists at the 1900 Summer Olympics Olympic medalists in polo