Belmont Tower and Carillon 1850 to be used as a water tower for the Belmont Mansion and gardens. In 1864 during the Battle of Nashville union troops led by General T.J. Wood used the structure as a signal tower. When a carillon of twenty-three bronze bells was installed at Ward-Belmont College in 1928, it became the first carillon in Tennessee and one of the first twenty-five carillons in North America. The original carillon bells were exchanged for an electronic carillon in 1951, shortly after the property became Belmont College. In 1986, a second carillon of twenty-three bells was installed. A gift of nineteen more
What a Pleasure he would win leading sire consecutively in 75 and 76 by producing horses like Derby winner Foolish Pleasure, Eclipse Two-Year-Old Colt Honest Pleasure, Gr.1 winner For the Moment, Gr.1 winner Fairway Phantom, and the extensive stakes winner Gene’s Lady. Out of four hundred and ninety-eight foals over ten percent were stakes winners. What A Pleasure stood in Florida until his death in March 1983 from a heart attack. What a Pleasure What A Pleasure (foaled 1965) was a Thoroughbred stallion bred by the Kentucky farm Wheatley Stables. Sired by the leading stallion Bold Ruler, and out of a Mahmoud mare