Amackassin Club In the summer of 1888 an organization was formed, known as the Yonkers Lawn Tennis Club. Its first officers were: Rufus King, President; Mrs. P. C. Myers, Vice–President; Susie Leeds Heermance, Treasurer, and Samuel B. Hawley, Secretary. Directors, Wells Olmsted, Victor Elting, and Miss Otis. A tennis court was laid out on the Peabody Grounds, situated on North Broadway. Tournaments and teas were largely attended, and the Club became the center of social life in North Yonkers. In June, 1891, the Club was incorporated, and owing to its rapid growth in membership larger quarters became necessary. Property on the corner of Palisade and Glenwood Avenues was rented, and several courts were laid out. The Governors, in 1893, decided to enlarge the scope of the Club, and purchased property on the west side of Palisade Avenue, north of Shonnard Place. In September of that year, the corner stone of the present clubhouse was laid, and on January 1, 1894, ihe building was formally opened to members and friends. The game of tennis having decreased somewhat in popularity, the Club, in 1896, decided to change its name to one less distinctive, and the name Amackassin was chosen. The present officers are: G. Howard Chamberlin, President; Albert Eifingham Lawrence, Vice–President; Harry Bashford, Treasurer; George A. Flagg, Secretary. Directors, Mrs. William Myers Williams, Mrs. Albert E. Lawrence, Miss Kate Atkins, Miss Rosamond Brevoort; and Messrs. Charles H. Ketcham, Walter E. Hodgman, Edward P. Davis, and Rufus King. Saegkill Golf Club Yonkers has always been a stronghold of golf and golfers, and in fact the game which is now so popular was first introduced and played in this country upon the links of St. Andrew’s Golf Club in Yonkers, the pioneer organization of the United States Golf Association. When the St. Andrew’s Golf Club moved from its links situated in the valley of the Nepperhan to its present home at Chauncey, the stay–at–home element and particularly the women players were without near–by links upon which to practice their favorite pastime, and it became necessary to journey elsewhere or give up “the royal and ancient game.” At this stage of the dilemma, or, to speak more definitely, in the spring of 1897, two young ladies, Miss F. P. Gilman and Miss Janet Waring, stepped into the breach and organized the Saegkill Golf Club. A short six–hole course was laid out upon the property of Mr. W. D. Baldwin, situated upon the Palisade Avenue extension, and here many interesting matches were played. As the Club continued to thrive and prosper, and as its membership increased, these links were found to be inadequate, and the property and cottage upon the Tilden estate opposite “Greystone,” on North Broadway, were leased by the Club. While these links, which still consisted of only six holes, were a great improvement upon the first quarters, still they did not quite satisfy the growing ambition of the Club to own its own home; so in the spring of 1900 it was decided to buy a part of the Clark property, situated upon Odell Avenue, near North Broadway. The property, consisting of twenty–one acres, was purchased, and a nine–hole links was laid out. A clubhouse with the necessary meeting and locker rooms, kitchen and servants’ quarters, was built, and at last the Club was in possession of a permanent home.