Gordon Bennett Cup

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

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    —George Gordon Noel Byron (1788–1824)

    There can be no knowledge without emotion. We may be aware of a truth, yet until we have felt its force, it is not ours. To the cognition of the brain must be added the experience of the soul.
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    The morning cup of coffee has an exhiliration about it which the cheering influence of the afternoon or evening cup of tea cannot be expected to reproduce.
    Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. (1809–1894)