CORNWALL has lost one of its most respected and experienced horsemen with the death of Reg Lobb at the age of 88.

Among the 300 people attending the funeral service at St Neot Church were representatives of six local hunts and many shows.

In his younger days he had enjoyed considerable success, owning and riding point-to-pointers, as well as showing hunters.

He had been master and huntsman of three packs - the former Bolventor Harriers, Lamerton Foxhounds, and the North Cornwall Hunt, and his son Patrick and daughter Jenny had also been whips for several years. Right to the end, Reg had followed Cornish hunting.

Married to Shirley for 56 years and farming on the edge of Bodmin Moor, he took great pleasure in his family, particularly in the showing and eventing successes of his five grandchildren and five great grandchildren.