{{Short description|Irish–Argentine polo player}} {{distinguish|John Traill}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox person | name = John Arthur Edward Traill | image = John Traill (New York, June 4, 1914).jpg | caption = Traill on 4 June 1914 at the International Polo Cup | birth_name = John Arthur Edward Traill | birth_date = 8 December 1882 | birth_place = London, England | death_date = 1958 | death_place = | resting_place = | other_names = | known_for = polo player with a ten goal handicap | education = }} thumb|Lockett, Barrett, Tomkinson, Traill, Cheape pictured in 1914 '''John Arthur Edward Traill''' (1882–1958) was the first Irish–Argentine 10-goal polo player.<ref>{{cite book |chapter=Johnny Traill: An Irishman from the Pampas |title=Profiles in Polo:The Players Who Changed the Game |last=Laffaye |first=Horace A. |page=54 |year=2007 |publisher=McFarland & Company |isbn=978-0-7864-3131-1 }}</ref> <!--Joseph Edmund Trail must be his brother or his father-->
He was born in London 1882.<ref name="Traill background">{{cite web |title=From Shepherds to Polo Players: Irish-Argentines from the First to the Last Chukker |url=https://www.irlandeses.org/0803macloughlin2.htm |website=Irlandeses |access-date=30 May 2025}}</ref> Traill was a member of an old Anglo-Irish landed family, settled in County Down.<ref name="Traill background"/> All of his siblings were born in Argentina, on the family estancia ‘La Esterlina’, in the north of Santa Fe province.<ref name="Traill background"/>
In 1913 Traill became the first to obtain the maximum handicap in Argentina of ten goals.<ref name="Traill background"/>
He married Henrietta Margaret, from Scotland, and they had children John and James.
In the 1920s, he settled in England, where he had a distinguished career and was considered one of the best players of the era.<ref name="Traill background"/> He won numerous tournaments, such as the Ranelagh Championship in London, the Westchester Championship in New York.<ref name="Traill background"/>
Traill owned a ranch in Argentina and imported polo ponies for the Roehampton Club, training them in Richmond Park. He was also a coach at Ham Polo Club when it was revived by Billy Walsh. His name appears as winner of the Roehampton Trophy several times, alongside teammates such as the Marquess of Villavieja, Jack Nelson and Major Philip Magor.
Traill won the Argentine Open ten times during his career. <!--Johnny was also considered to be a great help to Pat Smythe sending the family horses for Pat to school.-->
He died in 1958.
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