Hot irons, hot language, and dust filled the air.
Another method, and one requiring slightly more knack, is to grasp the animal's tail and throw it by a quick jerk across the pressure of the rope.

This is productive of some fun if it fails.
By now the branding was in full swing.

The three horses came and went phlegmatically.

When the nooses fell, they turned and walked toward the fire as a matter of course.

Rarely did the cast fail.