The Buffet Blue Book by John H. Considine (1912, p.20)

0.5 drinkgin — plain ginbase
0.5 fruitlime or lemon juice — lime or lemonbase
ginger ale — Fill up to taste.dilution
fruit garnish — pineapple or other fruitgarnish
0.5 drinkvermouth — imported vermouthmodifier
3 piecesice other
4.5 dashesRaspberry syrup — Source gives 4 or 5 dashes.sweetener
  1. Build the lime or lemon, ice, raspberry syrup, gin, and imported vermouth in a rickey glass.
  2. Fill with ginger ale to taste, add pineapple or other fruit, stir, and serve.

Garnish: Pineapple or mixed fruit

Ice: Ice

See also: Brandy Rickey, Mamie Taylor