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	A 12-gallon silver cup? Gordon Bennett!
		A LAVISH prize commissioned by Gordon Bennett, the ostentatious newspaper proprietor who lent his name to the popular expression of surprise, is expected to fetch more than £100,000 at auction this month.
		The arrogant, boorish and wildly extravagant James Gordon Bennett Jnr commissioned the solid-silver yachting trophy cum punch bowl in 1894.
		The expression "Gordon Bennett!" is reputed to have come from the tycoon's habit of entering restaurants and whipping off the tablecloths of unsuspecting diners, covering them with food in the process.
	www.telegraph.co.uk /htmlContent.jhtml?html=/archive/1998/12/06/ncup06.html (416 words)

	Gordon Bennett Cup in auto racing - Biocrawler (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		One of three Gordon Bennett Cups, established by James Gordon Bennett, Jr.
		The trophy was awarded annually until 1905, after which the Automobile Club de France (ACF) held the first Grand Prix motor racing event at the Circuit de la Sarthe, in Le Mans.
		The Gordon Bennett Cup auto races drew entrants from across Europe including future aviatior Henry Farman and from the United States competitors such as Alexander Winton driving his Winton automobile.
	www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/Gordon_Bennett_Cup_in_auto_racing (216 words)

	Encyclopedia: James Gordon Bennett, Jr. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		Bennett lived in the same exclusive world as other Newport, Rhode Island summer elites, such as the Vanderbilts, the du Ponts, and the Astors, who made ostentatious displays of their wealth with luxurious steam and motor yachts, opulent private railcars, and lavish mansions.
		This incident is thought to be the origin of "Gordon Bennett" as an expression of disbelief, common in the southern regions of the United Kingdom.
		Gordon Bennett died in Beaulieu, Alpes-Maritimes France on May 14, 1918 and was interred in Cimetière de Passy in the Parisian suburb of Passy.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/James-Gordon-Bennett,-Jr. (1771 words)

	Bennett, James Gordon, 1841-1918, American newspaper publisher. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
		After 1877, Bennett lived mostly in Paris, directing his newspapers by cable, and with John W. Mackay he organized (1883) the Commercial Cable Company to handle European dispatches.
		Bennett was fond of sports, especially of yachting, and established the James Gordon Bennett cup as a trophy in international yacht races and similar cups for balloon and airplane races.
		Bennett (1962); D. Seitz, The James Gordon Bennetts (1928, repr.
	www.bartleby.com /65/be/BennttJSon.html (210 words)

	Gordon Bennett Cup in auto racing - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		One of three Gordon Bennett Cups, established by James Gordon Bennett, Jr.
		The trophy was awarded annually until 1905, after which the Automobile Club de France (ACF) held the first Grand Prix motor racing event at the Circuit de la Sarthe, in Le Mans.
		The Gordon Bennett Cup auto races drew entrants from across Europe including future aviatior Henry Farman and from the United States competitors such as Alexander Winton driving his Winton automobile.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Gordon_Bennett_Cup_in_Auto_Racing (235 words)

	Gordon Bennett Route \| About James Gordon Bennett , Ireland Tourism, Touring Route, Irish Scenery, County Carlow, ...
		The son of a New York media baron, James Gordon Bennett was a flamboyant character whose love of sport and all-round derring-do was reflected in the six annual, white-knuckle car races that bore his name.
		Bennett was fond of all sports, especially of yachting, and established the James Gordon Bennett cup as a trophy in international yacht races and similar cups for balloon and airplane races.
		James Gordon Bennett is further believed to have frittered away $40 million dollars by the time he died in 1918.
	www.gordonbennettroute.com /aboutbennett.html (472 words)

	Who was the original 'Gordon Bennett'?
		Gordon Bennett hired for the club the Herald's editor of the ship news, one Niels Olsen, who was to remain as Club Steward or Superintendent until 1904, and who personally kept all racing records of the club during that time in a clear longhand.
		Gordon Bennett’s income of roughly a million dollars a year was considered to be “an inexhaustible supply of money” and the use of Gordon Bennett’s name as an expletive relates to his outrageous lifestyle.
		Gordon Bennett was again elected commodore in 1884, (perhaps on the strength of Namouna) and relocated the clubhouse, again, to 67 Madison Avenue, with a dining room to seat 100 diners comfortably.
	www.gbennett.force9.co.uk /gordonbe.htm (4267 words)

	Background to The Gordon Bennett Cup Race 1903 - Events - Gordon Bennett Motor Race - Heritage - Kildare Commnity ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		Named after James Gordon Bennett, proprietor of the New York Herald, the Gordon Bennett Cup Races are recognised as the true ancestor of all modern international motor racing.
		Bennett withdrew his sponsorship in 1905, but the idea of Grand Prix Racing had been born and the first ever Grand Prix was held in 1906.
		The circuit chosen for the 1903 Gordon Bennett Cup Race was centred on Athy, County Kildare and passed through counties Kildare, Laois and Carlow.
	kildare.ie /GordonBennett/background-to-1903-race.asp (505 words)

	iZoom Site
		What makes the final race for Gordon Bennett's nearly 45-pound silver trophy memorable one hundred years later is the role the brothers Edouard and Andre Michelin played and how, to assure the "excellence" of their tires, they devised a new tactic for motorsports competition - the first pit stop.
		Gordon Bennett's cup was open to competitors from any nation in which automobiles were produced.
		In 1902, the Gordon Bennett Cup truly became international with a course that crossed international borders as it ran from Paris through Switzerland and on to Vienna.
	www.izoom.com /bennettcup.html (1677 words)

	GrandPrix.com > Features > Feature > Gordon Bennett, it's Gordon Bennett!
		This too was a big success although Gordon Bennett's funding of an expedition to the North Pole in 1879 ended in disaster with the deaths of 20 crew members on a ship called the Jeanette.
		By that time Gordon Bennett had been ejected from New York Society for having become so drunk at a party held by his fiancee's father that he mistook a fireplace for a toilet and urinated into the hearth.
		As a result the 1904 Gordon Bennett race was held on a 79-mile course through the Taunus Mountains, to the north-west of Frankfurt in Germany.
	www.grandprix.com /ft/ft14582.html (992 words)

	James Gordon Bennett, Jr. - InfoSearchPoint.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		Bennett lived in the same exclusive world as other Newport, Rhode Island summer elites, such as the du Ponts and the Vanderbilts who made ostentatious displays of their wealth with luxurious steam and motor yachts, opulent private railcars, and lavish mansions.
		Within a few years of taking control of his father's paper, Gordon Bennett left New York after a scandal that ended his engagement to socialite Caroline May. Settling permanently in Paris, France, he began to publish a quality English language daily that continues to this day under the name of the International Herald Tribune.
		Gordon Bennett died in Beaulieu, Alpes-Maritimes France on May 14, 1918.
	www.infosearchpoint.com /display/James_Gordon_Bennett_Jr. (673 words)

	Guardian Unlimited \| dummy \| Who is Gordon Bennett?
		I don't know if he was the original Gordon Bennet, but a Gordon Bennet was one of the first riders in the Isle of Man TT motorcycle races back in the early years of the 20th century.
		The expression "Gordon Bennet" is thought to be a bastardisation of the words "God in Heaven", used as a blasphemy.
		Born 1878, he was often confused with the newspaper mogul James Gordon Bennett, who is wrongly associated with the phrase "Gordon Bennett!" The reason the phrase actually exists is because Biscuit Bennett (as he was also known) used to cycle the streets of Pontefract shouting his own name and brand to advertise his biscuits.
	www.guardian.co.uk /notesandqueries/query/0,5753,-26655,00.html (683 words)

	Herald Tribune, Bennett, Greeley and Whitney (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		James Gordon Bennett Sr (1794-1872) - self-described as the "Napoleon of the newspaper" - was born in Scotland and after abortive education for the Roman Catholic priesthood migrated to Nova Scotia in 1819.
		Bennett prided himself on innovation and investment in news gathering, albeit with less concern for accuracy once news was obtained.
		Bennett established the James Gordon Bennett cup as a trophy in international yacht racing.
	www.ketupa.net /herald.htm (1952 words)

	Chronology for the original 'Gordon Bennett'?
		Bennett Jnr elected Vice-Commodore of the New York Yacht Club at the age of 27 following the resignation of all the flag officers.
		Bennett Jnr inaugurates the world's first series of air races by organizing the first balloon race on record and inaugurating it as an international event (The Coupe Aéronautique Gordon Bennett).
		The Coupe Aéronautique Gordon Bennett is the most prestigious event in aviation and ultimate challenge for the balloon pilots and equipment.
	www.gbennett.force9.co.uk /gb-timeline.htm (6315 words)

	Gordon Bennett Cup in ballooning - Definition, explanation
		The Gordon Bennett Cup in ballooning is the world's oldest and most respected gas balloon race first run on September 30, 1906 in Paris, France.
		The event was sponsored by James Gordon Bennett, Jr, the millionaire sportsman and owner of the New York Herald newspaper.
		Louis, Missouri was host to the first ever Gordon Bennett Cup race to be held in the United States.
	www.calsky.com /lexikon/en/txt/g/go/gordon_bennett_cup_in_ballooning.php (310 words)

	Gordon Bennett
		Bennett, James Gordon — Entry from the Information Please Encyclopedia, this page mentions that he, with John W. Mackay, organized the Commercial Cable Company in 1883 and established the James Gordon Bennett cup as a trophy to celebrate victories in yacht, balloon and airplane races.
		The 1901 and 1902 winners of the Gordon Bennett Cup Race were the only ones to finish the race.
		The Founding of the Associated Press — James Gordon Bennett was among the ten men responsible for the founding the Associated Press, the world's first co-operative news gathering and distribution service.
	www.gasballooning.org /Coupe%20Gordon%20Bennett/Gordon%20Bennett%20webs.htm (301 words)

	CIA Policy Manual - C6
		Future Gordon Bennett Races: It was agreed that the next race to be held in the USA in 1981 would be organized by the BFA and that the regulations would be discussed by the CIA at its meeting to be held in April 1980.
		The right to organize a GORDON BENNETT CUP race may be granted by the FAI to any FAI member applying to organize such an event under the rules as printed in the 1980 CIA minutes and subsequently approved by the CASI and the General Conference.
		The FAI general Gordon Bennett rules, accepted in 1980, states however that the maximum size shall be 1200m3.
	www.fai.org:81 /ballooning/documents/policy/pm-c06.htm (2899 words)

	Alan R. Hawley
		His victory gave the Aero Club of America the right to hold the Gordon Bennett Cup until the next competition and it gave the United States the right to be the seat of the international race for 1907.
		The competition was open to all licensed balloonists of every nation, but all trials for the cup had to begin in the United States and all contenders had to belong to the Aero Club of America.
		The ascension was witnessed by many of the Gordon Bennett contestants, as well as a large crowd of spectators.
	www.earlyaviators.com /ehawley.htm (829 words)

	GrandPrix.com > GP Encyclopedia > People > James Gordon Bennett Jr.
		Having assisted in the opening up of Africa, Gordon Bennett concentrated on building up the newspaper empire and, after being ejected from New York Society for having urinated in a fireplace while visiting his fiancee, he settled in Paris where in 1887 he established the Paris Herald.
		Gordon Bennett's interest then turned to aviation and he established a new trophy for air races, the first in 1909 being won by the American Glenn Curtis, who beat Louis Bleriot in a contest at Reims.
		Gordon Bennett died in 1918 but the air race was briefly revived in the 1920s.
	www.grandprix.com /gpe/cref-benjam.html (401 words)

	gordon bennett
		The 'Jeanette' expedition, as the Arctic trip was known, failed miserably and led to the subsequent death, via starvation, of De Long and 19 fellow crew members.
		There are several islands in Siberia that bear Bennett's name.
		Gordon-Bennett was particularly partial to sports, being credited with introducing polo to the United States, his interests included yachting, in which he established the James Gordon-Bennett Cup for international races.
	www.peevish.co.uk /slang/articles/gordon-bennett.htm (525 words)

	8W - When? - The Gordon Bennett races
		Gordon Bennett, owner of the New York Herald, had been known to be a supporter of controversial events.
		In the few years since 1900, when the first Gordon Bennett race was held, motor racing had turned from an amateur event to a fully professional sport with the manufacturers fighting for the good commercial value a victory would bring.
		Théry is shown on his way to his second successive victory in the final Gordon Bennett Trophy, retaining the title he had won at Homburg in Germany the previous year.
	8w.forix.com /gbennett.html (9903 words)

	1903 Harmsworth Trophy Race
		From the United States the customary amount of ante-post talk was duly forthcoming, as in the case of the Gordon-Bennett Cup; but no entries.
		The handicap race for the Yachtsman Cup was also confined to the three previous competitors, the Mercedes launch specially imported for the occasion by M. Charley having hopelessly broken down due to lack of lubrication.
		This boat was ineligible for the Harmsworth Cup, having a French hull and a German engine, and the mechanic in charge, with the happy-go-lucky characteristics of the average Frenchman, had come all the way without a spanner.
	www.lesliefield.com /races/1903_harmsworth_trophy_race.htm (1535 words)

	Gordon Bennett Cup (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		The Gordon Bennett Cup was established in 1900 in France by James Gordon Bennett, Jr, millionaire owner of the New York Herald.
		The trophy was awarded from 1900 to 1905, after which the Automobile Club de France held the first Grand Prix motor racing event at the Circuit de la Sarthe, in Le Mans.
		The Gordon Bennett Cup races drew entrants from across Europe including future aviatior Henry Farman and from the United States competitors such as Alexander Winton driving his Winton automobile.
	www.portaljuice.com /gordon_bennett_cup.html (192 words)

	Remembering Special Friendships (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		This was to be the first of five Gordon Bennett races that Alan was to fly.
		The Gordon Bennett Cup is an annual event, restricted to a maximum of three balloons from each country entered.
		The winner of the 34th Gordon Bennett Cup was Joseph Starkbaum of Austria who flew for over 33 hours and covered a distance of 692 kilometers.
	www.balloonlife.com /publications/balloon_life/9603/friends.htm (717 words)

	World Wide Words: Gordon Bennett
		His son of the same name (known as Gordon Bennett to distinguish him from his father) was also a proficient journalist (he sent Stanley to Africa to seek out Livingstone) but preferred the good life, mostly in London and Paris.
		There are several surviving pieces of evidence that show the high public profile of Gordon Bennett the younger during his European years, and his impact on sports in particular.
		It has been suggested that this was through the influence of Charles George Gordon, Gordon of Khartoum, the soldier of the British Empire also known as Chinese Gordon, once hugely famous, who died during the siege of Khartoum in 1885.
	www.worldwidewords.org /articles/gordon.htm (690 words)

	Gordon Bennett Cup in Waasmunster
		De Gordon Bennett Cup wordt, in principe, jaarlijks gehouden.
		De winnaar van de Gordon Bennett Cup is degene die de grootste afstand weet af te leggen zonder tussenlandingen te maken.
		De start van de Gordon Bennett cup vindt dit jaar plaats tussen 9 en 12 september 2006 op het oud vliegplein te Waasmunster, namelijk op de domeinen van Jan De Clerck en de inkom is gratis.
	www.elkedeschryver.be /html/waasmunster/nieuws/Gordon_Bennett.htm (177 words)

	Nicolas Salagnac - Artist Médailleur Engraver - Lyon - France
		Here is represented a "Richard Brasier" (color blue, symbolizing France), led by Théry, victorious of the cup Gordon Bennett in 1905, on the "circuit d'Auvergne", is also said "circuit Michelin", melts of it Puy de Dôme.
		This "medal plaque auto Gordon Bennett" is of a diameter 73 mm.
		The 1905-2005 Centenary of the Gordon Bennett Cup is being organised by the AUTOMOBILE CLUB d’AUVERGNE with assistance from MICHELIN and support from the SATCAR.
	perso.wanadoo.fr /nicolas.salagnac/index-English.html (259 words)

	Bennett, James Gordon biography - S9.com
		Established the Gordon Bennett Cup for international yachting and the Gordon Bennett Cup for automobile races.
		James Gordon Bennett and the New York Herald: A Study of Editorial Opinion in the Civil War Era, 1854-1867 (Royal Historical Society Studies in Hist)
		James Gordon Bennett has many claims to being called the father of modern journalism.
	www.s9.com /Biography/Bennett-James-Gordon18410000-19180000 (391 words)

	British racing green - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In the twentieth century, this heritage of speed resulted it in becoming the colour chosen for British racing cars in international competition, before the displaying of the logos of sponsors became common.
		In the days of the Gordon Bennett Cup, every component of a car had to be produced in the competing country, as well as the driver being of that nationality.
		The race was hosted in the country of the previous year's winner.
	www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Brunswick_green (326 words)

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