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Since then the Club has continued to prosper; its membership limit of 150 and 50 junior members has been reached; and during the playing season its numerous handicaps and matches are well patronized by the players of both sexes. The present season has been a most active one, and in the matches for the championship of the Hudson River League, the Clubs team finished a close second to the winner, the Powelton Club of Newburgh.
The officers and directors for the ensuing year are as follows: President, W. E. Hodgman; VicePresident, Miss F. L. Upham; Secretary, Mrs. P. B. Rossire; Treasurer, B. H. Adams; Directors, Mrs. Guy Phillips, Mrs. W. E. Hodgman, W. G. McAdoo, P. B. Rossire, H. 0. Tallmadge.
City Club
The City Club was organized and incorporated November 30, 1885. The incorporators were Edward Underhill, Henry B. Archer, Edwin M. Jackson, Robert H. Howard, and Theodore H. Silkman. It is the commercial club of the city, and is a nonpolitical body, having a membership of about two hundred and twentyfive, among which are many city and county officials.
The house and grounds, No. 47 South Broadway, were purchased in 1893, and the building was completely remodeled to meet the requirements of the Club. The property is valued at $32,000. It is centrally located, and the surroundings are most attractive, the new Washington Park being directly opposite. The Club has entertained many guests of national reputation who have visited Yonkers.
The officials of the Club are: Dr. N. A. Warren, President; Joseph Miller, VicePresident; H. F. Peck, Secretary; and Francis N. Donoghue, Treasurer. The Governors are: John Mulligan, A. B. Barr, Charles Philip Easton, Edward J. Mitchell, John C. Small, and John C. Shotts.
Fourth Separate Company, National Guard, S. N. Y.
This arm of the National Guard, State of New York, was organized in 1870. It is now housed in its new armory, situated at the corner of Waverly and Maple Streets, erected at a cost of $26,000. The building is 80x150, and contains a drill room 78x128; a company room, an officers room, quartermasters room, three rifle ranges (each 120 feet), two regulation bowling alleys; also a gymnasima and shower baths. Here are located the headquarters of Major John I. Pruyn, com mending the First Battalion of the First Regiment.
The Captains of the Company since its organization have been: William Macfarlane, Matt. H. Ellis, Isaac D. Cole, Isaiah Frazier, Rafaelle Cobb, and John I. Pruyn. The present officers are: Charles F. Nugent, Captain; Arthur W. Nugent, First Lieutenant; Albert C. Bogart, Second Lieutenant, and Carl Kroeber, Second Lieutenant and Assistant Surgeon.
The Company has been called on in a number of instances to quell riots resulting from strikes and other causes. All the present officers of the Company served in the SpanishAmerican War. Music is provided by a drum, fife, and bugle corps.
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