The Head Of The Charles Regatta , also known as HOCR , is a rowing Self_motion head race held Defending on the penultimate complete weekend of October ( i.e. , on the Saturday that falls between the 17th and the 23rd of the month , and on the Sunday immediately afterwards ) each year on the Charles River , which separates Boston and Cambridge , Massachusetts .

Held Hold annually , the event is a side-by-side rowing race between crews from the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge along the River Thames .

Oxford won the Women 's Boat Race by four lengths while Cambridge 's Goldie beat Competition Oxford 's Isis in the reserve race .

Held Hold annually , the Boat Race is a side-by-side rowing Self_motion race between crews from the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge along the River Thames .

Cambridge won by six-and-a-half lengths .

In the reserve race Competition , Cambridge 's Goldie defeated Conquering Oxford 's Isis , while Cambridge won the Women 's Boat Race .

In the reserve race Competition , Cambridge 's Goldie defeated Conquering Oxford 's Isis , while Cambridge won the Women 's Boat Race .

Held annually , the Boat Race is a side-by-side rowing Self_motion race Competition between crews from the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge along a tidal stretch Body_movement of the River Thames in south-west London .

As a result of a collision between the Cambridge boat and a launch , a member of the Cambridge crew was replaced Change just two days before the race Competition .

As a result of a collision between the Cambridge boat and a launch , a member of the Cambridge crew was replaced Change just two days before the race Competition .

On July 16 , 2009 , Harvard University professor Henry Louis Gates Jr. was arrested Arrest at his Cambridge , Massachusetts home by local police officer Sgt .

The arrest Arrest occurred Presence just after Gates returned Arriving home to Cambridge after a trip to China to research the ancestry of Yo-Yo Ma for `` Faces of America '' .

Accounts regarding the ensuing confrontation differ Change , but Gates was arrested Arrest by the responding officer , Cambridge Police Sgt .

But I think it 's fair to say , number one , any of us would be pretty angry ; number two , that the Cambridge police acted stupidly in arresting Arrest somebody when there was already proof Protest that they were in their own home , and , number three , what I think we know Know separate and apart from this incident is that there 's a long history in this country of African Americans and Latinos being stopped Preventing_or_letting by law enforcement disproportionately . ''