The Old Waldorf-Astoria Bar Book by Albert Stevens Crockett (1935, p.144)

1 thin peellemon peel acid
1 poundcherries — red or black cherriesbase
0.25 bottlerum — Jamaica rumbase
Soda water — aerated waterdilution
1 sliceOrange garnish
2 bottlesclaret other
  1. Let the cherries stand in the rum for several hours, then add the claret and finish with aerated water.

See also: Claret Cup