There were four Gordon Bennett Cups, all established by James Gordon Bennett, Jr.
- Gordon Bennett Cup in auto racing
- Gordon Bennett Cup in ballooning — for a time, a separate cup was also awarded for powered air racing
- Gordon Bennett Trophy (aeroplanes) – in the sport of air racing
- James Gordon Bennett Cup for schooners
Famous quotes containing the words gordon, bennett and/or cup:
“The place is very well & quiet & the children only scream in a low voice.”
—George Gordon Noel Byron (1788–1824)
“I have heard arguments ... in favor of pardoning D. M. Bennett, convicted of sending obscene matter through the mails, viz., a pamphlet [by Ezra Hervey Heywood] of a polemical character in favor of free love. While I am satisfied that Bennett ought not to have been convicted, I am not satisfied that I ought to undertake to correct the mistakes of the courts—constantly persisted in—by the exercise of the pardoning power.”
—Rutherford Birchard Hayes (1822–1893)
“Sisters define their rivalry in terms of competition for the gold cup of parental love. It is never perceived as a cup which runneth over, rather a finite vessel from which the more one sister drinks, the less is left for the others.”
—Elizabeth Fishel (20th century)