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V. POWERS REPORTED IN GOOD LUCK. l New Orleans. La.. January 15. — It is rejKirted acre tonight that jockey V. .Powers has signed to ride lor the next two years for Herman B. Duryea. the New York turfman. Powers, it is said, will receive SlO.OtKj a year under the contract, which is to begin with the opening of the eastern season next April. Powers is under contract to J. C. Calm and his work in the saddle since the opening of the winter sea-ou here has placed him second to none of the riders regularly in the saddle. He can ride at less than 100 pounds, and his record since the first of the year is tweuty-oue winuiug Uiouuts out of a total of sixty-seven.
