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The race has been exclusively between Harvard and Yale except for 1897 when the race was held as part of a three boat race with Cornell on the Hudson River at Poughkeepsie, New York , where, athough it lost to Cornell, Yale was deemed the winner of the Harvard-Yale race. The first race was held over 2 miles (3.2 km) but this was changed to 3 miles (4.8 km) for all the races up to 1875, when both universities agreed on the current length of 4 miles (6.4 km). Originally the race occurred between just the Varsity crew but now there are 3 races held on the day, the 2 mile (3.2 km) Freshmen race, the 3 mile (4.8 km) junior varsity and finally the 4 mile (6.4 km) varsity match. Typically the day before the freshman, junior varsity and varsity races, there is a 2 mile (3.2 km) race between the spares for both crews. These "combination" boats are made up of second freshman boat and third varsity boat rowers (i.e. the "combi" or "combo" race). The winner of this race gets the James P. Snider Cup , as well as the right to paint its school's colors on the "rock" at Bartlett's Cove near the north end of the race course. See also The Boat Race between Oxford and Cambridge RESULTS This is an incomplete list compiled from various sources [http://hcs.harvard.edu/~harvcrew/Website/History/HY/] [http://www.row2k.com/results/].
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