  We consider two cycles on the moduli space of compact type curves and prove
that they coincide. The first is defined by pushing forward the virtual
fundamental classes of spaces of relative stable maps to an unparameterized
rational curve, while the second is obtained as the intersection of the Abel
section of the universal Jacobian with the zero section. Our comparison extends
results of Cavalieri-Marcus-Wise where the same identity was proved over on the
locus of rational tails curves.
