Preserves a useful leading theory without converting probability into certainty.
Print survival is regionally uneven, and etymological fit is not direct evidence of naming intent.
Wondrich argues that the Cocktail most likely arose in the New York–Albany–Boston triangle and that the name probably derives from a mixed-breed cock-tail horse, but he presents both as conclusions from surviving evidence rather than definitive proof.
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Appendix II — origin and naming of the Cocktail
Fresh audit 2026-10-01: PDF 372–375 checked within complete 419-page body and individual visual reading. Regional and horse-etymology proposals are qualified theories; imagined dialogue is not a period quotation. Earlier audit statements are superseded by this bounded source check.
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