i went to paris and i had to do some research on james gordon bennett. this is one of his apartments. this is his villa in the south of france not to far from mona monaco. boulevard gordon bennett. this is the view from his villa. so lifeless and too hard for h him. my wife took most of these pictures. this is again the owl. you see the owl everywhere in his world and it's just kind of intriguing. then it was really interested in competitive sports and he was the guy who brought competitive tennis to the united states from england. he created this thing in newport called the newport casino where they had the first long tennis tournament ever held in the u.s.. whew there is a tennis match going on in newport so i cut back and forth between these different worlds. he also later in life got involved with automobile racing. and balloon racing. there is still to this day something called the gordon bennett cup which is the foremost prize in international balloon racing, so the guy has been around and has cast a long shadow throughout the adventure world. perh

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