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RUST SHOWS CONSISTENCY Accounts for Bateau Handicap, Race for Fillies and Mares. Only Five Starters in Belmonts Chief Offering, With Valse Pulling Up in the Stretcli. NEW YORK, N. Y., May 29 Louis Strubes consistent filly Rust was winner of the best offering at Belmont Park today when she took the Bateau Handicap, for fillies and mares. She led home Mrs. William Ziegler, Jr.s Esposa, with Hal Price Headleys Sparta beating the Glen Riddle Farms Under the Guns easily for third. The only other starter was William Woodwards Valse, and she ran out badly in the stretch to be pulled up by Hanford. While the weather was unseasonably chilly for this time of year, the attendance was up to normal "and considerable interest was shown in a card of overnight races. In the filly handicap the start was a good one and while Sparta began in front she was almost at once headed by Valse, and Esposa chased after the Sir Gallahad III. filly closely, with Sparta going along third. Rust was outside of these and galloping strongly under slight restraint and Under the Guns at once dropped out of the running. Valse held her lead into the stretch, where she bore out so badly she was eased up and Esposa took command, but Rust had raced vide and was soon alongside the daughter of Esposito. There was a short duel and Rust gradually drew away to be winner by a length and a half. Esposa had beaten Sparta a like distance and Under the Guns was only fourth because of Valse being pulled up. This completed a double for Jack Westrope, who had won with Pullman in the previous race. Harry Neusteter, whose Masked Gal was -winner of the last race Thursday, made his score two in a row when he won the first race today with Pass Em By, a two-year-old son of Bypass II. and Step Lively. It was a five-furlong dash for platers, and Mrs. Ethel D. Jacobs Ethels Choice raced to second place, with Trina, from Warren Wrights Calumet Farm, taking third from Wise Bun. George Wideners Chicstraw was winner of the second offering. He ran down Mrs. Ethel D. Jacobs Microphone to score, with Time Clock, from the Brookmeade Stable, taking third from Irish Ted, which raced for the Crescent Stable. J. H. Louchheims Pompoon, a son of Pompey and Oonagh, was an easy winner of the third, a five furlongs dash through the Widener course. It was the second start, and the second score, his other victory having been at Pimlico. His victory was decidedly impressive, and he may readily go on to better things. R. A; Masons Your Honor raced to second place, and All Agog took third from his stablemate, Misapprehension, both racing for Hal Price Headley. A nice lot of three-year-olds of the Grade B division were brought out in the fourth over six furlongs of the main course, and the Sage Stables Pullman proved best when he was winner over Mrs. M. Dupont Som-ervilles Transporter, and Mr. Nightingales Billy Bane saved third from Bow to Me. Billie Bane was the one to set the early pace, and while Knowing began well he was shuffled back in the early stages, and both Joyride and Pullman moved up to chase the son ovBraedalbane. Then when the stretch was reached Pullman readily ran down the pacemaker to win going away by two lengths.
