What a road-sometimes entirely gutted, sometimes so obstructed with gasoline cans, hubs of wheels and scraps of iron, that I was obliged to lead Cesar by the bridle, while the others would walk ahead and clear a passage.
"My Home In The Field of Honor"
Frances Wilson Huard
The driver had grumbled and sworn in a mixture of Polish and German, and the vehicle had dragged on at a snail's pace, because its one horse scarcely sufficed to pull it through the mud that came up to the hubs of the wheels.
"Quicksands"
Adolph Streckfuss
Two wheels were sunk far past the hubs, and the step of the car was under mud.
"My War Experiences in Two Continents"
Sarah Macnaughtan