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ne contest was In connection with the Fredericksburg Dog Mart which is sponsored by the Fredericksburg-Rappa hannock Chapter Izaak Walton League of America and merchants of Fredericksburg. The Mart started officially in 1698 just following the close of the Colonial-Indian campaigns. As a part of the peace, the Colonials agreed with the Indians to have interracial marts and fairs regularly for the exchange of goods. The Indians decided they would like to have some of the Settlers' superior hunting dogs, for these dogs, the red men discovered, had better noses for hunting than they did, and were of more value than an occasional white man’s scalp. In turn the shrewd settlers
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