Gibson (cocktail) bartenders' guides sometimes gave the recipe as 50/50 gin and vermouth, Gibsons in the early days were much drier than other martinis. A third version, supported by Kazuo Uyeda in "Cocktail Techniques", states that Gibsons started as very dry martinis garnished with a cocktail onion to distinguish them from traditional martinis, but as the fondness for drier martinis became popular the onion became the only difference. There is no direct evidence that Charles Dana, or any other Gibson, created the drink. But, Charles Dana Gibson was certainly the artist who created the Gibson Girl illustrations—popular from the 1890s through about
Greyhound (cocktail) rim on the glass and uses vodka sometimes. Dalmatian: has black pepper syrup and vodka. Italian Greyhound: uses Campari and vodka instead of gin. <ref>https://bevvy.co/cocktail/greyhound/whq/variations<ref> Greyhound (cocktail) A greyhound is a cocktail consisting of grapefruit juice and either gin or vodka mixed and served over ice. If the rim of the glass has been salted, the drink is instead called a salty dog. The earliest known mention of a cocktail of this description is in bartender and author Harry Craddock's "Savoy Cocktail Book" of 1930. Craddock describes his recipe as ""...a variation of the Grapefruit Cocktail..."", suggesting that such cocktails