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

Famous quotes containing the words gordon, bennett and/or cup:

    Man, being reasonable, must get drunk;
    The best of life is but intoxication.
    —George Gordon Noel Byron (1788–1824)

    Those who have known the famous are publicly debriefed of their memories, knowing as their own dusk falls that they will only be remembered for remembering someone else.
    —Alan Bennett (b. 1934)

    I write mainly for the kindly race of women. I am their sister, and in no way exempt from their sorrowful lot. I have drank [sic] the cup of their limitations to the dregs, and if my experience can help any sad or doubtful woman to outleap her own shadow, and to stand bravely out in the sunshine to meet her destiny, whatever it may be, I shall have done well; I have not written this book in vain.
    Amelia E. Barr (1831–1919)