• Use mixing glass.
  • Pony glass of claret
  • Pony glass of Rhine wine
  • Add shaved ice and
  • Shake well
  • Add 4 dashes of creme de menthe
  • Pour into thin bar glass and
  • Fill with club soda

This is one of the mild, tart drinks most favorably considered at the Hampshire Hotel, which is almost exclusively patronized by young ladies from the various seminaries of New England.

Daly’s Bartenders’ Encyclopedia by Tim Daly, 1903
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