"...one of the most fun writings is The Automagic Horse, intended-for the children's book market but amusing for adults as well." — Press Tribune

Gadget O'Dowd, Hollywood special effects wizard, is commissioned to build a replica of a famous racehorse for a dangerous stunt in a new movie. He does a spectacular job after convincing the studio to almost double his budget. There is just one condition to this: Miss Franklin, the studio accountant, is set up in an office right next door to Gadget's private laboratory to make sure he doesn't "misuse" the additional funds.

However, Gadget is secretly working on big plans of his own that require big money—and he has no intention of letting anything cut across his far-reaching project. But it takes all Gadget's tricks, including some fancy footwork with his pseudo-racehorse, to outwit the combined powers of the irate Miss Franklin and the studio.