About Town Cocktail Book by Joe Fitchett (1925, p.31) — About Town 1925
| 1 lemon | lemon juice — Juice of one Lemon | acid |
| 1 rind | lemon peel — Whole lemon rind | acid |
| 1 pony | brandy | base |
| 2 bottles | Soda water — Soda | dilution |
| blackberries | garnish | |
| 12 pieces | Cucumber peel | garnish |
| grapes | garnish | |
| 6 slices | lemon slices — Lemon | garnish |
| 6 slices | orange slices — Orange | garnish |
| 3 peaches | Peaches — Cut up. | garnish |
| pineapple | garnish | |
| 1 pony | Maraschino | modifier |
| 1 wineglass | sherry | modifier |
| 1 pony | White curacao — White Curacao | modifier |
| 1.5 quarts | claret — Source OCR reads 1 1/2 quarts. | other |
| mint — Ornament with mint. | other | |
| 1 teaspoonful | mixed baking spices — Powdered Cinnamon, Cloves and Allspice mixed | other |
| 3 teaspoonfuls | powdered sugar — Powdered Sugar | sweetener |
- Build in a bowl with plenty of large lumps of ice.
- Ornament with mint and serve cold.
Garnish: Mint and mixed fruit
Ice: Large lumps of ice
This matters because it preserves a fully dressed late claret-bowl service rather than a simplified single-glass descendant.
The spice line is partially compressed by OCR, so it is preserved conservatively as a mixed cinnamon-clove-allspice note.