I am pretty sure that a grandmaster, if ever confronted by the Jerome Gambit, would not bother with any of the fancier "refutations" such as Blackburne's Defense, but would simply return a piece with the so-called "annoying defense" (see, for example 1, 2, 3) and then grind down the attacker from there.
It is not easy to beat Bill Wall in the Jerome Gambit, in the following game he is annoyed to death.
Wall,B - Guest3551214
playchess.com, 01.09.2013
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+
4...Kxf7 5.Nxe5+ Nxe5 6.Qh5+ Ke6 7.f4 d6
8.fxe5 dxe5 9.Qh3+ Ke7 10.Qg3 Kf7 11.Qxe5
White has two pawns for his piece, but he has a hard time whipping up an attack.
11...Qh4+ 12.g3 Qe7 13.Qh5+
Another indication of the difficult time that Bill is having is that this move is the first one out of "book". Black arrived at the board well-prepared.
13...g6 14.Qe2 Kg7 15.c3 15...Bb6 16.d4 c5
17.d5 Bh3 18.e5 Re8 19.Bf4 Bc7 20.e6 Bxf4 21.gxf4 Qh4+ 22.Qf2 Qh5 23.c4
23...Bxe6 24.dxe6 Rxe6+ 25.Kd2 Nf6 26.Kc1 Re2 27.Qf1 Rxh2 28.Rxh2 Qxh2
29.Nc3 h5 30.a4 h4 31.Ra3 h3 32.Rb3 Qg2 33.Qxg2 hxg2 34.Ne2 Re8 35.Ng1 Re1+ White resigned
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